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An instant New York Times bestseller. Over 1 million copies sold!Two spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question. Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the planet.In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create what they hoped would be a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: How do we find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering?They traded intimate stories, teased each other continually, and shared their spiritual practices. By the end of a week filled with laughter and punctuated with tears, these two global heroes had stared into the abyss and despair of our time and revealed how to live a life brimming with joy.This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final good-bye.We get to listen as they explore the Nature of True Joy and confront each of the Obstacles of Joy—from fear, stress, and anger to grief, illness, and death. They then offer us the Eight Pillars of Joy, which provide the foundation for lasting happiness. Throughout, they include stories, wisdom, and science. Finally, they share their daily Joy Practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives.The Archbishop has never claimed sainthood, and the Dalai Lama considers himself a simple monk. In this unique collaboration, they offer us the reflection of real lives filled with pain and turmoil in the midst of which they have been able to discover a level of peace, of courage, and of joy to which we can all aspire in our own lives.

During our lives, many of us realise we are not as happy as we could be. The hectic pace of life today can leave us unfulfilled and listless. Help is at hand, however! This easy-to-digest book gives you ten simple steps to increase your feeling of happiness and contentment, and is suitable for both men and women, young and old, from all walks of life. Each step explains why it will have a positive effect on you, and gives you a simple exercise to try. If you have ever felt that you are not enjoying life to its full potential, this is the perfect guide for you!

Happiness, Pleasure, Joy, Bliss are addressed here by Osho and we learn the different levels of development:'Let us start from the lowest because that will be easier to understand, that s where man biologically is born. Pleasure is physical...'Ordinarily, in the dictionaries you will find bliss defined as happiness, pleasure, joy. Linguistically they all appear to have a similar meaning; existentially it is not so. And you will have to understand the subtle nuances and differences; only then you may be able to catch some hold of the phenomenon called bliss.

Conversations on Non-Duality'is a fascinating compilation of life stories of ordinary people, from a rich variety of backgrounds, all of whom have been through extraordinary experiences leading to amazing new perceptions. This collection of life stories explores the means by which each individual went about achieving an end to their'suffering'. Some started with therapy, self-help workshops or books written by spiritual masters, whilst others travelled to exotic places and studied with gurus. Others leapt from the despair of addiction to drugs and alcohol to simply waking up unexpectedly to a new reality. In simple terms, Non-Duality means no separation. Although it appears that there are separate individuals and objects in our world, in reality there is only Oneness. The spiritual search is the search for Oneness, for completeness and for unity. When this realisation truly hits us, it can transform us and our lives.

Author Kerie Boshka gives you practical step-by-step guidance on how to open up your life to amazing possibilities. She shows you how to hear God for yourself, overcome grief, start over, fight negativity, strengthen relationships, heal from sorrow, put an end to daily struggles, and live a life of blessing and abundance. In spite of the disturbing circumstances that may be plaguing your life, you will not walk away from this book without gaining courage and hope as you face the future. Join Kerie as she reveals how our most tragic experiences can bring forth within us truth, wisdom, and growth if we allow them to.