The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams

Herby Guerrie
7 min readSep 1, 2021
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The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams focuses on ways to cultivate joy in the face of widespread human suffering on both, on a personal and collective levels.

The Book of Joy was published on September 20, 2016, by Penguin Books and became an instant New York Times bestseller.

The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu, have devoted their lives to alleviates suffering and helping others find peace and joy.

On the occasion of the Dalai Lama’s eightieth birthday in 2015, the Dalai Lama and Tutu agreed to meet in Dharamshala, India to convened a dialogue on joy.

Without further delays, here are the 8 main takeaways from the book of joy.

The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abram, Summary and notes.

Although they have only met a handful of times, they’ve shared a close relationship of mutual affection and respect, each regarding the other as his “mischievous spiritual brother.”

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Herby Guerrie

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