The Little Book of Joy

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But because it’s not really about being original and discovering something new. It seems that peace, just like the meaning of life, is fairly conventional. Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Döndrub), the 14th Dalai Lama, is a practicing member of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism and is influential as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the world's most famous Buddhist monk, and the leader of the exiled Tibetan government in India. 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 hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the planet. Acceptance. This is where the change actually happens. More often than not, you can’t change reality. But you can change your attitude towards it.

In fact, most of the people reading this sentence haven’t been on Earth as long as Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu have been soul-crushingly oppressed. In fact, if you know how to use pain the proper way, it can become a constructive force. And t o experience suffering the proper way, you need to shift your focus from yourself to others. Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu should know this better than many. Both faced persecution for large periods of their lives; both had to live in exile. However – and this is the key takeaway from “The Book of Joy”– Tutu and the Dalai Lama claim that, despite its “dark” side, suffering, although constant, is essential to life. As the authors themselves say: nothing beautiful comes without some suffering.Vibrantly illustrated by award-winning Rafael López, this is the perfect book to reassure and inspire young readers everywhere. Read more Look Inside Details Read for my toddler's bedtime a few too many times. It has a sweet message. This book introduces a little boy growing up in a small house and another little boy living in the big house by the mountain in the monastery. They're worlds apart, yet both feel lonely all the same. They're lonely also because other kids where they grow up don't let them play. The story went on to remind readers that when we sit still we start to see the beauty all around us. The power of attraction is mentioned where if all you think is of sadness then you will only feel sad. So this book asks readers to look around to see that joy is everywhere. It's in the warmth of the sun. It's in the giggly feeling when doing something silly. It's the snuggly feeling of being wrapped up in blankets. Even in the rain, you feel joy when you play in the puddles. Fantastic book. Beautiful illustrations. I highly recommend everyone to read this book! But it takes a lot of courage, dedication, and self-sacrifice to attain it and share it with others. After a failed uprising and the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, the Dalai Lama left for India, where he was active in establishing the Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan Government in Exile) and in seeking to preserve Tibetan culture and education among the thousands of refugees who accompanied him.

Tenzin Gyatso is a charismatic figure and noted public speaker. This Dalai Lama is the first to travel to the West. There, he has helped to spread Buddhism and to promote the concepts of universal responsibility, secular ethics, and religious harmony. I loved the simple message of finding joy. It seems to be a message that a lot of people are having a hard time finding these days. The concept of joy is illustrated by a colorful wisp like wind. The illustrations are whimsical and captivating. This story has a such a sweet sentiment. And who would know more about spirituality than Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, who share their knowledge in “The Book of Joy” ? Who Should Read “The Book of Joy”? And Why?And, actually, that’s where the book starts: with a bittersweet discussion about the roots of its absence. Namely, mindfulness’ greatest nemeses. The obstacles to Joy.