Large print book
The book of joy : lasting happiness in a changing world / His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with Douglas Abrams.
Two leading spiritual masters share their wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524708634 (paperback)
- Physical Description: xiii, 528 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Nature of True Joy -- Why Are You Not Morose? -- Nothing Beautiful Comes Without Some Suffering -- Have You Renounced Pleasure? -- Our Greatest Joy -- Lunch: The Meeting of Two Mischievous People Is Wonderful -- The Obstacles to Joy -- You Are a Masterpiece in the Making -- Fear, Stress, and Anxiety: I Would Be Very Nervous -- Frustration and Anger: I Would Shout -- Sadness and Grief: The Hard Times Knit Us More Closely Together -- Despair: The World Is in Such Turmoil -- Loneliness: No Need for Introduction -- Envy: That Guy Goes Past Yet Again in His Mercedes-Benz -- Suffering and Adversity: Passing through Difficulties -- Illness and Fear of Death: I Prefer to Go to Hell -- Meditation: Now I'll Tell You a Secret Thing -- The Eight Pillars of Joy -- Perspective: There Are Many Different Angles -- Humility: I Tried to Look Humble and Modest -- Humor: Laughter, Joking Is Much Better -- Acceptance: The Only Place Where Change Can Begin -- Forgiveness: Freeing Ourselves from the Past -- Gratitude: I Am Fortunate to Be Alive -- Compassion: Something We Want to Become -- Generosity: We Are Filled with Joy -- Celebration: Dancing in the Street of Tibet -- Departure: A Final Goodbye -- Joy Practices. |
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| Subject: | Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- Tutu, Desmond. Joy. Spiritual life. Happiness > Religious aspects. Large type books. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Nakusp Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Nakusp Public Library | LP 158 BST (Text) | 35160000733205 | Large Print | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Two leading spiritual masters share their wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives. - Baker & Taylor
Two leading spiritual masters share their hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives. (self-help). Simultaneous. - Random House, Inc.
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Two spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardshipsâor, as they would say, because of themâthey are two of the most joyful people on the planet.
In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create what they hoped would be a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: How do we find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering?
They traded intimate stories, teased each other continually, and shared their spiritual practices. By the end of a week filled with laughter and punctuated with tears, these two global heroes had stared into the abyss and despair of our time and revealed how to live a life brimming with joy.
This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final good-bye.
We get to listen as they explore the Nature of True Joy and confront each of the Obstacles of Joyâfrom fear, stress, and anger to grief, illness, and death. They then offer us the Eight Pillars of Joy, which provide the foundation for lasting happiness. Throughout, they include stories, wisdom, and science. Finally, they share their daily Joy Practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives.
The Archbishop has never claimed sainthood, and the Dalai Lama considers himself a simple monk. In this unique collaboration, they offer us the reflection of real lives filled with pain and turmoil in the midst of which they have been able to discover a level of peace, of courage, and of joy to which we can all aspire in our own lives.
