The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIVMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
With all of the negative emotions I've had over the past year, and after seeing the Dalai Lama and his joyful belly laugh during his interview on 60 Minutes, I really wanted to read this to try to have a better outlook with what's going on in the world. There is a lot of good information in the book and good advice from these great men, but I fear that the people who most need the message about being compassionate towards one another, wouldn't seek out a book like this in the first place. I LOVED the exchanges between Archbishop Tutu and the Dalai Lama, but could have done without the author/interviewer's explanations. It would have been sufficient for him to ask his question, and provide their responses without further summarizing and interpreting what they said. That's the explanation for 3 stars instead of 5.
If there's a movie of this, I would love to see it.
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