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DUE GIGANTI DELLA SPIRITUALITÀ.
CINQUE GIORNI.
UNA DOMANDA SENZA TEMPO.
Il Dalai Lama e l’arcivescovo sudafricano Desmond Tutu, entrambi vincitori del premio Nobel per la Pace, sono sopravvissuti a oltre cinquant’anni di esilio, oppressione e violenza. Ma nonostante queste difficoltà, o forse proprio grazie a esse, sono senza alcun dubbio due delle persone più gioiose del pianeta. Questo libro, nato da un incontro nell’aprile 2015 a Dharamsala, in India, è un’occasione unica per ascoltare dalla loro viva voce esperienze, insegnamenti e profonde riflessioni: confrontandosi infatti sia con le grandi tradizioni filosofiche e religiose di ogni tempo sia con le più recenti scoperte delle neuroscienze e della psicologia, i due prestigiosi interlocutori affrontano tutti gli ostacoli che possono frapporsi tra noi e il raggiungimento della piena felicità. E ci insegnano così che è solo dopo aver conosciuto e imparato a controllare il dolore, come dimostrano le battaglie combattute da entrambi per la libertà dei loro popoli, che diventa possibile trasformare la gioia da fugace emozione di un momento a costante della nostra vita: perché non c’è luce senza ombra, e non c’è gioia per sé se non si crea gioia anche per gli altri. Ricco di dottrina e ispirazione, e nutrito da una straordinaria somma di esperienza, Il libro della gioia è destinato a diventare uno strumento essenziale per orientare le vite di noi tutti in un’epoca sempre più confusa e inquieta.
- ISBN: 8811671132
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 336
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I simply loved this book. The Book of Joy is a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu about finding joy and happiness in the face of suffering and grief. The two old friends met in India for the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday, and they had long discussions over several days. Wri Leggi tutto
Oh, they are rascals ! Impish spirits, the both of them, who giggle and joust and tease their way through this late-in-life meeting; evincing in almost every moment the very joy they've gathered to discuss. The friendship of these illustrious men, who've met a mere half dozen times and then only brief Leggi tutto
“Wherever you have friends that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.” ― Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World When two people, both Nobel Peace Laureates, are as world-renowned as His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leggi tutto
The Book of Joy started out in an ordinary enough manner. It was well-written, interesting, at times humorous, and full of truth. But then . . . right book, right time, it guided me to closure on something I'd been struggling with for a decade. This is literally a life changing book for me. Even if y Leggi tutto
I expected to like this more than I did. There is an old writing rule of "Show, don't tell" and this book, with it's third person narrator describing everything and very much inserted into the thing, is pretty much all tell. And there's a lot of repetition. The overall message is good but frankly a
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World provides countless insight from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, two spiritual masters and moral leaders, as the book synopsis appropriately characterizes them. These two well-known and highly respected men are friends, and their inte Leggi tutto
Powerful, exquisite, full of love and friendship between Archbishop Tutu and the Dalai Lama. I listened to this on audio; incredible to hear the different voices (narrators were actors, very good actors) and quotes from these two enlightened friends. I will refer back to with frequency the helpful p Leggi tutto
Read this book. I so desperately needed to read this book but I didn't know it until tears were running down my face. Not from sadness, but from the opportunity it presents. Suffering is unavoidable. But practicing joy is a choice that we can control when so much is out of our control. It's a simple Leggi tutto
Enjoyed multiple parts of this book, but spent more time frustrated with the collaborator who just couldn't seem to get out of the way. For a book that multiple times stressed that people who use the word, "I," more often die earlier, he certainly seemed to get a lot in. If you skim for quotation ma Leggi tutto
‘Wherever you have friends that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.’” --Tibetan Proverb Two Nobel Peace laureates meet for a week in Dharamsala, India and engage in a spiritual dialogue and these talks will become the basis for a book. Sounds a bit lofty and just a smidge Leggi tutto
