The Book Of Joy Dalai Lama Analysis

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The Book of Joy

Dalai Lama’s The Book of Joy with Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams. Lama is going to give his the main three lessons from The Book of Joy: Joy, Acceptance, and 8 Pillars of Joy.
Joy
Joy is the number on lesson by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. They see joy has meaning and a personal connection to get through. Dalai Lamas readers are told that you will not develop joy over night, yet you are going to get it deep down from inside of you over time. His readers are told you need to understand and develop how to see joy in through the negative emotions and that everything is not going to be a rainbow all the time.
Acceptance
Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu were able to live in exile for 50 years learning …show more content…

8 Pillars of Joy
8 Pillars of Joy: Perspective, Humility, Humor, Acceptance, Path of Forgiveness, Gratitude, Compassion, and Generosity. These Pillars allow everyone to come out from the darkness into joy. According to Dalai Lama “ Every situation we confront in life comes from convergence of many contributing factors.” (196) You need to be able to take a step back and see that there are many different views Dalai Lama is letting his readers know. Lama and Tutu are speaking to let their followers and friends know that they are human too.
Humility in Lama’s pillars allows his readers to see how we depend on others and should not take advantage of that. Humor- laugh at life, life with friend or at yourself. Throughout the book Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu did not have a smile on their face once. They knew to not take life too harsh. In this lesson the main quote is “Acceptance: The Only Place Where Change Can Begin.” (223) Accept reality because there is no way to get around it. Path Of Forgiveness-Lamas readers are being told to confront the hurt and to renew the relationship with what has had hurt you to move on. Dalai Lama tells his readers “Every day, think as you wake up, “ I am fortunate to be alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it.” (241) Gratitude- “ Too much self-centered thinking is a source of suffering.” (251) Compassion. Generosity-The lesson to know in this pillar according to Lama “ Generosity is a natural

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