The Book of Joy

'I want to wish all of you joy?

€”because there is no better gift.

Two spiritual masters, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, share their wisdom in this uplifting book.

I promise you, it?

€™s the best $26 you can spend.

' Oprah Winfrey
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.

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?

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.

This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final goodbye.