The Book of Joy
Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
About the book
Nobel Peace Prize laureates the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, writing with Douglas Carlton Abrams, discuss how to find joy in the face of suffering. For the Dalai Lama's eightieth birthday in April 2015, Tutu visited him in Dharamsala, India, and they spent a week trading personal stories, teasing each other and sharing spiritual practices. The book examines the nature of joy and its obstacles, including anger, fear and stress as well as illness, grief and death. It sets out eight pillars of joy, draws on science about happiness, and describes the daily practices each man relies on. Published in 2016, it reached the New York Times hardcover nonfiction best seller list.
Adore Me CTO Bogdan Lucaciu said its dialogues brought him clarity on compassion, gratitude and generosity, and that if readers take only one book from his list, he hopes it is this one. It also appears among the books Life and Limb Gel founder Chelsea Frank says shaped her outlook.
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Bogdan Lucaciu (CTO/Adore Me)
I recently read “The Book of Joy”. It’s a series of dialogues between Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu (beautifully narrated in the audio version). They share their view on living a happy life in the face of adversity. The book brought profound clarity on topics like compassion, gratitude, generosity, and it deeply resonated with my worldview. If there’s one book you end up reading from my list, I hope it’s this one.
Recommended by Chelsea Frank (Founder/Life and Limb Gel)
Source: Chelsea Frank, Founder of Life and Limb Gel, on How Books Revealed the Path to Self-Improvement
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