A review by leviofmichigan
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thích Nhất Hạnh

5.0

This is probably the book I would recommend to someone who hasn’t read any of TNH’s works, because while the title speaks of a fairly specific issue, the book is fairly broad. My favorite part was a passage where TNH was addressing whether it’s right for the military to use mindfulness, and he basically made the point that, if someone is practicing true, right mindfulness, they will look deeply and see the ways they are contributing to the suffering of others. He then said, sarcastically, we don’t teach, “Breathing in, I see that my enemy is there / Breathing out, I pull the trigger,” and this made me laugh.

I also really liked the parts that Sr True Dedication wrote and narrated.