The Book Of Joy by The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

“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 hovers on and off my bedside reading list – it is so marvellous that I want to savour every conversation. As they share intimate stories, teasing each other continually, and sharing 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. This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final goodbye.’ (ref Booktopia)

In May 2018 this year I was fortunate to stay 6 days in McLeod Gangi the village
above Dharamsala where Dalai Lama lives and attended one of his teachings
with hundreds of Tibetan devotees in his compound. It was an extraordinary
experience, I will write more about this sometime soon. s and newsletters with information which is accurate and helpful. It is not however a substitute for counselling or professional advice. While all attempts have been made to verify all information provided, Tranquillo Place cannot guarantee and does not assume any responsibility for currency, errors, omissions or contrary interpretation of the information provided.

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