Ogni istante è un dono

Questo breve libro è diviso in due parti. Ne L'entrata Thich Nhat Hanh racconta i primi anni della sua attività politica e spirituale, quando il Vietnam era in lotta con la Francia. E' un testo brevissimo che sarebbe stato più interessate se fosse stato maggiormente approfondito perché parla non sol Leggi tutto

I liked this book. But that's it. It didn't spark nor inspire me. It was a pleasant short read. I guess is a good first step into learning about the now. I think it will be good to pair it up with another book of this topic.

“To see oneself as the vast sky and great earth is to attain nirvana, the ground of no birth and no death” Thich Nhat Hanh writes with such clarity, it’s almost impossible to transfer something so profound into language simpler and richer than he does. Really great account of the perennial philosophy Leggi tutto

I did not enjoy the format of this book compared to other works by the same author that I have read, and although there were some passages that stood out to me as inspiring much of this book was hard to get through for me and made me wish I was reading something else.

I don’t really understand this book. Should it be a 3 pages article than a book 🧐. The main thing is that you need to live in the now, the moment. But I don’t see what I was expecting for like why I should do that (in a persuasive argument) and how I would do that.

Peccato non è stata una bella lettura malgrado l'interesse per il buddismo, lo Zen e questo monaco vietnamita. Comunque la prima parte era informativa sulla divisione del Vietnam e l'occupazione francese e il rifugio in Francia...ecc.