Dalai Lama

Desmond Tutu

Douglas Carlton Abrams

"From the beginning [this] book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake: [the authors'] own stories and teachings about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu have been tested by great personal and national adversity, and here they share their personal stories of struggle and renewal"--Amazon.com.

Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

The Book of Joy

Andy Sporring

Probability one of the top ten books in my mind.

The Dalai Lama

Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity. The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet, despite having experienced great personal and national suffering. From the beginning the book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake, the first being their personal stories and teachings about joy. Both the Dalai Lama and Tutu have been tested by extraordinary adversity, oppression, and conflict. The second layer consists of the exciting research into joy as well as the other qualities essential for any enduring happiness, like gratitude, humility, humour, compassion, generosity, and forgiveness. And the third encompasses practical exercises and guidance based on the Dalai Lama's and Tutu's own daily practices, which anchor their emotional and spiritual lives. Most of all, during that landmark week in Dharamsala, they demonstrated by their own exuberance, compassion, and even wise-cracking humour, how joy can be transformed from a fleeting emotion into an enduring way of being.

Finding Enduring Happiness in an Uncertain World

Diana Platgalve

Backed up with Buddhist and Christian practices to find joy. Showed some similarities between the two but left with feeling that Buddhism took over the book a bit. Good reminder for joyful life!

Sandaru Ravihari

My first read in 2021. Since I wanted to start my new year with finding ways to be joyful this was the perfect read. It was a bit too philosophical for me but it is definitely worth reading.

The Book of Joy Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

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