Hello, you are listening to the Secular Buddhism Podcast, and this is episode number 35.

I am your host Noah Rochetta, and today I am talking about the Pillars of Joy.

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Now let's jump into this week's topic.

It's great to be back.

I've been gone for a couple of weeks doing a lot of traveling.

I did a humanitarian trip in Uganda, Africa, and the planning for that trip and then being

on the trip has caused me to fall behind a little bit on the podcast episodes.

So it's been almost maybe a month now since I've recorded a podcast episode.

It's great to be back, to be re-energized, and excited to record several new podcasts.

So today I wanted to discuss the idea of joy.

This is inspired from the Dalai Lama in Desmond Tutu's book, The Book of Joy, Lasting Happiness

in a Changing World.

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