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seitz610's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings are wonderful and many of his words are meaningful and cause introspection in the best of ways. This book is a bit dated, but there of still lots of good nuggets and I’m glad to have read it. I especially enjoyed the section with the precepts.
cephala's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
thebanhammer's review against another edition
5.0
A lot of my Thich Nhat Hanh ratings end up being five stars. That’s because after reading these works I genuinely feel like they have helped me to be a better person. I don’t know of any better reason to give a five star review.
rienthril's review against another edition
Picked up at a church book sale years ago; finally read it. Silly to rate something like this. It meant something to me. I listened to one of TNH’s talks once, so I kept reading this with his voice in my head. Slowly.
reubenlb's review against another edition
4.0
simply written yet powerful; i would have liked a few more details on how to put this into practice
alok_pandey's review against another edition
2.0
This is a quintessential 'good book' - in the sense that it has nothing that you can disapprove of, but again, nothing that you don't know already. Yeah, one must be good, the book says. But how, the book doesn't talk more about that. Yeah, you shouldn't get angry and value others' opinion as much as yours, the book says. But what if you are dealing with a certified moron and unarguably and irrefutably absurd opinions, the book err.. doesn't talk about that.
At times, I felt like the author started presenting a brochure on Buddhism or offering applications to join some sort of cult. While I was able to understand what the author intended to convey, he certainly sounded very immature, naive and grossly inept with words, while trying to convey that. At some places, it went from naive to funny -
The road and signs on the road are the same.
Me: umm... No. They are different.
Before taking it out for the journey, you must know that the car and you, are the same. Wherever the car goes, you go.
Me: I am sure you are on to something, but not quite. Sorry.
The book has enormous ratings here, on Goodreads and that caught my attention. It appears, at least to me, simply overrated.
At times, I felt like the author started presenting a brochure on Buddhism or offering applications to join some sort of cult. While I was able to understand what the author intended to convey, he certainly sounded very immature, naive and grossly inept with words, while trying to convey that. At some places, it went from naive to funny -
The road and signs on the road are the same.
Me: umm... No. They are different.
Before taking it out for the journey, you must know that the car and you, are the same. Wherever the car goes, you go.
Me: I am sure you are on to something, but not quite. Sorry.
The book has enormous ratings here, on Goodreads and that caught my attention. It appears, at least to me, simply overrated.