The Book of Joy

face of life’s inevitable suffering and not some abstract or aspirational theory of joy. We wanted readers ...

month, year by year, decade by decade. Perhaps I will share a story from my own life. “When I was sixte ...

a new place. As the Tibetan saying goes: ‘The only things that were familiar to us were the sky and the ...

“It just increases my own personal admiration for him. It almost seems perverse, but one wants to say thank ...

were. Today when people go and they see his cell, there’s a bed. They didn’t have a bed. They wer ...

easily become embittered. But when we can find a shred of meaning or redemption in our suffering, it can ennob ...

and forth, from side to side, looking down thoughtfully, fingertips touching. “This reminds me of my friend ...

his experience reinforced his ability for compassion, his human qualities. There are a number of cases where Tibet ...

anything wrong. The year before our dialogues, my father fell down a flight of stairs and suffered a tr ...

T Illness and Fear of Death: I Prefer to Go to Hell he trip was bookended by funerals. We had to change ...

“With reincarnation,” the Dalai Lama responded, “I’m not really sure where I will be born, so much unc ...

to be more fully alive. I worked on a book many years ago with a physician who cared for seriously ...

are creatures will ever fathom the infinitude that is God, heaven is going to be forever a place of ne ...

integrative physician and was interested to know if this revered healer might have helpful recommendations for t ...

to eat and drink what he pleased. Dr. Dhonden made some additional recommendations, photos were taken t ...

live for a million years, then maybe it would be worthwhile to create some problems. But our life is s ...

flashlights, and we tried to minimize the sound of the horses’ hoofs. But still there was danger. If they ...

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W Meditation: Now I’ll Tell You a Secret Thing e arrived at the Dalai Lama’s complex early in the morning as ...

W • • • e followed the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop into the house as the now-brightening ...