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Two spiritual giants. Seven days. One timeless question.
In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu travelled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness’s eightieth birthday and to create this book as 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?
This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final goodbye. ‘There is no better gift. Two spiritual masters share their wisdom in this uplifting book.’ Oprah Winfrey
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The Book of
JOY
His Holiness the D A L A I L A M A and Archbishop D E S M O N D T U T U with Douglas Abrams
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His Holiness the D A L A I L A M A and Archbishop D E S M O N D T U T U with Douglas Abrams
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 times, and revealed how to live a life brimming with joy.
JOY
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships – or because of them – they are considered to have been two of the most joyful and compassionate people.
The Book of
‘The question may be timeless, but their answer has urgent significance.’ Time
LASTING HAPPINESS IN A CHANGING WORLD
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