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Read Between the Wines Book Club - The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama XIV and Desmond Tutu on January 5, 2023

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Green Cove Springs Branch Library | Green Cove Springs Branch Library(https://claycountygov)

Green Cove Springs Branch Library | Green Cove Springs Branch Library(https://claycountygov)

Enjoy a relaxing evening of conversations about books!  We will be meeting in the back room of Red's Wine Bar, 414 Walnut St. in Green Cove Springs.

Recommended for ages 21+

Summary: 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.

Date: Thursday, January 5, 2023

Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Time Zone: Eastern Time - US & Canada 

Branch: Green Cove Springs Library 

Audience:  Adult (19+ yrs)  

Categories:  Book Club   

Original source can be found here.

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