The Book of Joy

us—admire a vengeful person. Why do they come to listen to the Dalai Lama? “It is very largely because of ...

anguish. As you remember, yes, compassion is absolutely essential. It is like oxygen.” “Very right, very ...

T there such a lack of compassion in the world?’” “Our human nature has been distorted,” the Archbishop b ...

from helping others comes from the release of oxytocin, the same hormone that is released by lactating mot ...

S motivations, but is also the most healing and elevating.” • • • elf-compassion is closely conn ...

T Psychologist Kristin Neff has identified ways to express self- compassion: When we treat ourselves with ...

passed away. I told him, ‘Look at it this way. Now you have someone in heaven who’s going to argue ...

I 8. Generosity: We Are Filled with Joy think that almost all of us are surprised how our joy is enhanced whe ...

G enerosity is often a natural outgrowth of compassion, though the line between the two can be hard to distin ...

G I had heard an amazing story that supported what the Archbishop was saying. When I met James Doty, he ...

our health. A large meta-analysis by Morris Okun and his colleagues have found that volunteering reduces the ...

T to others. Generosity is so deeply rooted in us. “And you are surprised,” the Archbishop continued, “when you go ...

least have someone in your company whose business is looking after their welfare, as people—it does in ...

interconnectedness. And there’s no way in which one nation is going to be able to prosper on its own. It can’t ...

yourself completely to a crisis mentality? How can we help the world heal and still find joy in our own li ...

the twentieth century. The generations of the twenty-first century will have to find the solutions for them.” ...

T filled with joy, so that others recognize that caring, that helping and being generous are not a burd ...

humility that recognizes our place in the world and acknowledges that at another time we could be the o ...

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A Celebration: Dancing in the Streets of Tibet s we approached the Tibetan Children’s Village, we could feel the ...