The Book of Joy

exception—even when now and again they can be very frustrating. People are remarkably, remarkably, remarkably g ...

Neither man was asking us to look at the world through rose-colored glasses or to not see the world with anythin ...

elements, knowing that, in time, the storm will pass.” As the Archbishop was explaining, hope is the antidote ...

T Loneliness: No Need for Introduction hroughout society today people feel great loneliness,” the Dalai Lama ...

reminder that we were not connected. Now, as the Dalai Lama was speaking, I wondered if the averted ...

W personal matters. When we relate to others from the place of compassion it goes to the first level, ...

the Archbishop, “Christian monks are always thinking they’re in the light of God, dedicated to serving God. We ...

something special, I am ‘His Holiness the Dalai Lama,’” he said, mocking his venerated status. “I always em ...

very easily with other people.” The Dalai Lama was saying that when one is thinking about others with ...

possibly can and say that the experience they have is something that many other people also have. Fee ...

I Envy: That Guy Goes Past Yet Again in His Mercedes-Benz t is not that you wake up in the morning and ...

monkey sees his neighbor getting a grape, he performs the rock-giving task yet again, although even more ...

The Tibetan word for envy is trakdok, which means “heavy or constricted shoulders,” and indeed the feeling of ...

how we are in such a mess with climate change because of our galloping consumption, which for the environmen ...

experience or knowledge, there is much less envy. But most important is to develop a sense of concern f ...

perceived size, and we see ourselves as so terribly small and weak. When we remember our interdependence, ...

you will want all others to be free from suffering and enjoy happiness. The desire for happiness is a n ...

mind is completely peaceful, then you can be relaxed.” Jinpa told me that there is a memorable verse ...

T Suffering and Adversity: Passing through Difficulties here is a Tibetan saying that adversities can turn int ...

to die at Auschwitz. They kept waiting for others to come save them, and when no one came, they gave ...