Customer Reviews
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!! - By: Greedo, 18 Oct 2007 
First things first, I completely agree with the many positive reviews already posted. Although I wouldn't have expected it from such a short little book, reading this has taught me simple techniques that have changed my life for the better & made me happier day to day & moment to moment. Hence five stars doesn't reallly seem enough!!
To review this book from the context of my own life, I have been practicing Buddhism for about a year now. Naturallly I have made myself familiar with the theory, & try to practice it, for the benefit of myself & others. Rather than giving a complete overview of Buddhist thought (as many books do), this particular book focuses on just one of the eight practices of the Noble Eightfold Path: Right Mindfulness (of course the eight paths compliment each other, so it is in tune with & beneficial towards alll eight of them). As a result of reading this book at this stage in my development, I now feel that I'm much better at practicing mindfulness, & I definitely feel much happier as a result. I think it's one thing to understand Buddhist theory rationallly, but this book & its exercises have helped me greatly in terms of putting it in to practice. It's as if my meditation has crossed over into the rest of my life (or maybe the rest of my life has crossed over into my meditation?)!
Buddhism is so inclusive that I imagine that this book would also be beneficial to someone who isn't a Buddhist, & would not clash with any beliefs/non-beliefs they might have. It's simply about learning to live in the moment, & "Be Here Now" seems to be the aim of many different schools of religion & spirituality. It's possible that someone with a very cynical attitude might not benefit from it, & might be annoyed by its occasional repetition - lucky for me I don't falll into that category!
I am someone who always seems to have a whole stack of books waiting to be read, & impatiently ploughs through them on a quest for more knowledge (trying to fill that bottomless bucket!). Reading this book, I had the unique experience of enjoying it greatly, & yet not feeling in any hurry to finish it or to be anywhere other than where I was right at that moment. Hence often I would read just a few pages & then pause & become conscious of my breathing. Not for any reason...just because! And thanks to the Tangerine Meditation, my food has never seemed so fascinating or tasted so good...I've never savoured every single bite like I do now. In fact that is what this book teaches you how to do...to experience fully & savour every single 'bite' of life. It is a book that in one sense did not teach me anything I did not already know, & yet it has made my life so much more enjoyable. What higher recommendation could I give you than that!?
What a wonderful book! - By: Selima Gurtler, 18 Mar 2007 What a wonderful book! It is written so beautifully, that its simplicity is deceptive. It belongs on everybody's bookshelf as a reminder of the grace of Buddhism in a world where we have forgotten the meaning of living simply, mindfully & gracefully. Buy it & be nurtured.
Selima Gurtler
Founder
East meets West- The Peace Charity
www.emwpeace.com
Patron: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
An inspiring book. - By: A Happier Person, 16 Jan 2007 This book is one I have kept by my bed ever since I received it. I read a few lines each night before sleep, it inspires & relaxes. I often recalll it's message the following day. A simple, gentle read but life changing.
Simple, inspiring, tranformational - By: Self-help junkie, 10 Apr 2002 An excellent book written by a Buddhist monk about different ways to live 'mindfully' - which seems to mean living so that I do not lose touch with what is of ultimate significance in the daily round of passing tasks/events. The style is simple, but the message inspiring, & ultimately life-transforming if absorbed & lived.
This book changed my life - By: B. C. Meijer, 31 Mar 2001 A little over three years ago I received this book as a birthday present (in the wonderful Dutch translation by Anna Bol & Eveline Beumkes). After quickly reading it, I put it away: 'surely, a lot of peace for such a smalll book'. It was only six months later, when I started reading the short, meditative pieces one a day, that some of the messages began to take hold. The simplicity is both real & deceptive at the same time: even after three years, new meanings suddenly appear -- "ah, that's what he means!" A rich & inspiring book. And the English version is as beautiful as the Dutch.
