3. What does Jinpa point out that modern society has prioritized, to the detriment of society as a whole?
(a) Faith.
(b) Captialism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Independence.

4. What did the Buddha tell the woman who had lost her child in the Dalai Lama's story?
(a) To give her life to God, and this would make her happy.
(b) To find mustard seeds from a house that had not been touched by death. When she could not, she realized she was not alone in her suffering.
(c) To find another child to raise in her first child's place.
(d) To pray at her child's gravestone and he would rise again.

5. Who is the South African leader Tutu speaks admiringly of and at length in Part I?
(a) Eric Erickson.
(b) Idris Bell.
(c) Moju Fremon.
(d) Nelson Mandela.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the phrase meaning the unsatisfactory nature of pursuing pleasure?

2. What have scientists discovered too much stress does to a specific part of our biological makeup?

3. What does the Archbishop say brings most people's greatest joy?

4. What does Abrams's friend Gordon Wheeler say grief is the reminder of?

5. What neuropsychiatrist's work does Abrams quote in Part II about anger?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what kind of relationship does the Dalai Lama tell Archbishop Tutu he considers their relationship to be a bit like?

2. In Part II, what is the main difference between how the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu advise people to handle feelings of envy?

3. In Part II, what is one thought the Dalai Lama thinks people should remember in terms of the world population to stave off loneliness?

4. In Part I, what do the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu agree is necessary for the creation of something beautiful?

5. In Part II, what is the meaning of Archbishop Tutu's phrase "you are a masterpiece in the making" (92)?

6. In the Introduction, why does Abrams say Archbishop Tutu might not have been able to travel to take part in the talks that made up the material for the book?

7. In Part II, what is the meaning of the word "dukkha?"

8. In Part I, what frightening personal story does Abrams share about his own family?

9. In Part II, what do both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu advise as a way of handling one's worries?

10. In the Introduction, what analogy does Abrams make about the book itself?

(see the answer keys)

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