The Book of Joy

A they might at any moment fall out of the sky. When they had gotten into the back of the bulletproof B ...

others in the village, was located on a plateau, overlooking rolling grasslands filled with nomads and yaks. ...

A What is too much ambition? I wondered. For someone raised in America, where ambition is a virtue in ...

W falling avalanche. Cortisol and adrenalin course into our blood. This causes our pupils to dilate so we can s ...

Ubuntu. I had once asked the Archbishop how he handled worry and insomnia, and he said that he thought abou ...

entire world. In contrast, if I see myself primarily in terms of myself as a fellow human, I will then ...

M Frustration and Anger: I Would Shout ore than a decade before coming to Dharamsala, I was driving with the Ar ...

W • • • e often think of fear and anger as two quite separate emotions, so I was surpr ...

realize that anger is not helpful.” Neuropsychiatrist Daniel Siegel explains that when we get very angry, ...

W hen you set yourself goals, and you encounter obstacles, you will naturally feel frustrated,” the Archbishop s ...

called Rabble-Rouser for Peace, which succinctly describes the paradox of the Archbishop’s struggle for freedom. ...

guest, he agreed to attend. Ekman explained that he used to be a very timid and quiet child but beca ...

T Sadness and Grief: The Hard Times Knit Us More Closely Together he very first day of the Truth and Reconcili ...

New studies conducted by psychology researcher Joseph Forgas show that mild sadness can actually have a num ...

I inevitable suffering, sadness, and grief. • • • often receive questions,” the Dalai Lama said, ...

She eagerly agreed, but then the Buddha explained that the mustard seeds needed to come from a house that ...

I Despair: The World Is in Such Turmoil t was time to ask the question that people from around the world ...

those and try as much as we can to enter into who we are: people of compassion. “What can you do to help ...

are growing and learning how to be compassionate, how to be caring, how to be human.” Almost a month later to ...

“I do at times get very angry with God,” the Archbishop then added, laughing. “Some of my friends,” the ...