[eBook] The Book of Joy by The Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu $4.99 @ Amazon, Google, Apple & Kobo

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370 pages, published Sep 22, 2016
4.8 stars from 1087 reviews

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'I want to wish all of you joy—because there is no better gift. Two spiritual masters, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, share their wisdom in this uplifting book. I promise you, it’s the best $26 you can spend.' Oprah Winfrey

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 travelled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness’s eightieth birthday and to create this book as 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 times 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 goodbye.

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  kgb007 on 11/07/2018 - 21:14

  -8

  What was the original price so can determine if it is a bargain? Might need to be in forums.

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    slipperypete on 11/07/2018 - 21:27

    “I promise you, it’s the best $26 you can spend.' Oprah Winfrey"

    Dunno if this relates to the original price

    paperback $33.59 on amazon

    Why the neg?

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      kgb007 on 11/07/2018 - 22:35

      Because the $26 refers to a physical book which is a different product. The Amazon and Google stores are showing $4.99 as standard price with no discount. So not a bargain if it is the normal price.

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    neil on 12/07/2018 - 03:04

    eReaderIQ lists the usual price of $13.99 for the US site which reflects the current price at Amazon US. Some notes from eReaderIQ:

    • This book was $14.99 when we started tracking it.
    • The price of this book has changed 5 times in the past 846 days.
    • The current price of this book is $13.99 last checked 8 hours ago.
    • This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
    • This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $3.99.
    • The lowest price to date was $3.99 last reached on August 6, 2017.
    • This book has been $3.99 2 times since we started tracking it.
    • The highest price to date was $14.99 last reached on March 17, 2016.
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  Samsungnote10 on 11/07/2018 - 21:23

  +3

  How can you neg anything to do with the dalai lama!!!

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    slipperypete on 11/07/2018 - 21:28

    seems to get good reviews

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    belongsinforums on 11/07/2018 - 22:19

    because he genuinely believes he is reincarnate of someone else? batshit crazy

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      Diji1 on 12/07/2018 - 02:02

      +1

      Seems remarkably happy and celebrity-ridden for someone whose batshit crazy, maybe he's onto something?

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    Gandalf the Thrifty on 11/07/2018 - 22:26

    to create this book as a gift for others.

    Gift implies free, so neg seems justified

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  Gandalf the Thrifty on 11/07/2018 - 21:54

  Would be more Joy in the world if it was free

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    belongsinforums on 11/07/2018 - 22:20

    +2

    but then how are u supposed to make money from religion?

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  TheGhost on 11/07/2018 - 22:34

  Free to borrow this ebook from online library.

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  kahn on 11/07/2018 - 23:01

  +1

  My favourite Desmon Tutu clip.
  https://youtu.be/qbMHmiu7hYc

  

  kahn on 11/07/2018 - 23:01 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
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  M911 on 11/07/2018 - 23:26

  +1

  https://i.imgur.com/gXedlky.gif

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  JediJan on 12/07/2018 - 06:03

  If it wasn't for Desmond Tutu's contribution I would be interested as I have found the Dalai Lama's talks priceless.

  It is still fresh in my mind that during the apartheid battles in 70s an angry Tutu was advising revolters to kill white babies and children quickly so they didn't suffer too much. During the uprisings some South African whites were being attacked and killed. Tutu did not speak against the attacks and actually seemed to be supporting it; I thought a strange stance from an Archbishop. Maybe we are supposed to forget that. I imagine the Dalai Lama would say forgive.

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    gtech on 12/07/2018 - 12:17

    +1

    reference for that claim?

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      JediJan on 12/07/2018 - 14:26

      I have been looking for it but unable to reference it as yet. Can only say what I saw and heard so far. I saw him saying it during a television interview (could have been Australian), pretty certain was the 70s or maybe early 80s. It was considered pretty outrageous at the time and it was. He was a very aggressive speaker; perhaps speaking out against the torture but I still don't like what he said. It was a very violent time in SA; some groups were attacking the white landholders, burning them out, chasing their workers away etc. Many of the whites were sympathetic to apartheid cause but saying SA had been their familes homes for many generations; had nowhere else to go.

      This is a Frost interview but he did not reference those particular words here:

      https://youtu.be/r3yxFzs73Ss