The Book of Joy

Dalai Lama. “He is much more cerebral,” he had said, referring to the
Dalai Lama’s great love of debate, intellectual inquiry, and scientific
exploration. “I am more instinctual,” he had said, and I remembered him
saying that deep visceral knowing and prayerful surrender had guided all
of the major turning points in his life and his mission in the struggle to
end apartheid. I guess even great spiritual leaders get nervous when they
are journeying into the unknown.
After a day of rest for the Archbishop, we would begin the dialogues
on the nature of true joy.