The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World | 誠品線上

最後一次相遇, 我們只談喜悅

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內容簡介 長踞《紐約時報》暢銷榜、亞馬遜五顆星評價 全球授權32國語言，全美熱銷逾40萬冊 兩位諾貝爾和平獎得主，五天相聚，解答一個永恆的問題 經歷痛苦與失去之後，仍能發自內心地快樂嗎？ 面對生命中各種無法避免的磨難，該如何超越痛苦，擁抱喜悅而活？ 心智與心靈上該要有怎樣的特質與觀點，才容易感受喜樂？ 如何讓喜悅從一種稍縱即逝的感受，化為恆久的存在？ 人生最終該靠什麼獲得滿足與意義？ 上千個來自全球的提問，最多人的問題並非如何找到喜悅， 而是在充滿各種苦難的世界，真的可能活在喜悅中嗎？ 如何穿越苦痛，重啟喜悅的智慧 兩位深受全球景仰的心靈導師，卻同樣經歷一生的苦難。達賴喇嘛二十四歲就被迫流亡，近六十年無法回家，卻仍擁有最有感染力的笑聲。屠圖大主教一生對抗種族隔離暴行，目睹人性的醜陋與絕望，卻堅定帶領南非走向寬恕的漫漫療傷之路。 籌劃一年，以慶生為由，他們兩人在印度達蘭薩拉相聚五天，這可能是一生最後一次相見，他們卻選擇毫無保留地回答來自全球上千個關於喜悅的問題。 年近九十，他們共同的體認，人生無法免除必然的苦痛與心碎，但是若能懷抱喜悅而活，即使困苦，也不會變得冷酷，雖然心碎，也不會因此崩潰。 快樂無法外求，喜悅是一個面對世界存在的方式 大主教從未自稱聖徒，達賴喇嘛也稱自己只是一介僧侶，他們的人生嚮往，與你我並無不同。兩人的人生看來充滿混亂與苦痛，卻能在其中尋得平靜、勇氣與喜悅。他們說，苦為人所不能免，但我們可以選擇如何面對苦痛，我們都能學會在充滿挫折與苦痛的環境，依然懷抱喜悅而活。 書中除了兩人時而幽默逗趣，時而深刻感動的對談，分享他們對人生的體悟與許多真實故事，也從探討喜悅的本質、結合科學實證分享跨越負面情緒的方法──嫉妒、恐懼、孤獨、焦慮、失去的苦痛等，到獲得喜悅的八大心靈支柱，分享他們穿越苦痛的智慧。同時列出他們日常安頓內心的功課，讓讀者也能練習感受喜悅。 這本書不屬於任何宗教、任何族群，這本書屬於你，你值得恆久的喜樂。 Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity. The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet.From the beginning the book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake: their own stories and teachings about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu have been tested by great personal and national adversity, and here they share their personal stories of struggle and renewal. Now that they are both in their eighties, they especially want to spread the core message that to have joy yourself, you must bring joy to others.Most of all, during that landmark week in Dharamsala, they demonstrated by their own exuberance, compassion, and humor how joy can be transformed from a fleeting emotion into an enduring way of life."

作者介紹

作者介紹 His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. He is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan People and of Tibetan Buddhism. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and the US Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. Born in 1935 to a poor farming family in northeastern Tibet he was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the 13th Dalai Lama. He has been a passionate advocate for a secular universal approach to cultivating fundamental human values. For over three decades the Dalai Lama has maintained an ongoing conversation and collaboration with scientists from a wide range of disciplines, especially through the Mind and Life Institute, an organization that he co-founded. The Dalai Lama travels extensively, promoting kindness and compassion, interfaith understanding, respect for the environment, and, above all, world peace. He lives in exile in Dharamsala, India. For more information, please visit www.dalailama.com. Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Southern Africa, became a prominent leader in the crusade for justice and racial reconciliation in South Africa. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. In 1994, Tutu was appointed chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Nelson Mandela, where he pioneered a new way for countries to move forward after experiencing civil conflict and oppression. He was the founding chair of The Elders, a group of global leaders working together for peace and human rights. Archbishop Tutu is regarded as a leading moral voice and an icon of hope. Throughout his life, he has cared deeply about the needs of people around the world, teaching love and compassion for all. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa. For more information please visit tutu.org.za. Douglas Abrams is an author, editor, and literary agent. He is the founder and president of Idea Architects, a creative book and media agency helping visionaries to create a wiser, healthier, and more just world. He is also the co-founder with Pam Omidyar and Desmond Tutu of HumanJourney.com, a public benefit company working to share life-changing and world-changing ideas. Doug has worked with Desmond Tutu as his cowriter and editor for over a decade, and before founding his own literary agency, he was a senior editor at HarperCollins and also served for nine years as the religion editor at the University of California Press. He believes strongly in the power of books and media to catalyze the next stage of global evolutionary culture. He lives in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, please visit ideaarchitects.com and humanjourney.com.

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