best self help book you ever read

[JrzDefector]

I've also found that anything I read by the Dalai Lama is kind of like being wrapped in a hug. He promotes a great mentality. Not always self-help books, but getting in his frame of mind is helpful.

[KaraZetterberg153]

Originally Posted by JrzDefector

I've also found that anything I read by the Dalai Lama is kind of like being wrapped in a hug. He promotes a great mentality. Not always self-help books, but getting in his frame of mind is helpful.

The Dalai Lama is a very likeable person but I wish he were stronger on Animal Rights/vegan issues. Thích Nhất Hạnh is better and I also like his writings more:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thích_Nhất_Hạnh

>> Nhất Hạnh has published more than 100 books, including more than 40 in English. He is active in the peace movement, promoting nonviolent solutions to conflict[5] and he also refrains from animal product consumption as a means of nonviolence towards non-human animals.

My impression is that DL strives to be inclusive so doesn't focus on the sufferings of animals, as I think he should, and this for numerous reasons, including historical and financial.

Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh:
https://m.facebook.com/thichnhathanh/?ref=br_rs

[profnot]

Originally Posted by stan4

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

Thanks for the recommendation, Stan4.

I have one chapter left read.

The book takes a very unusual point of view that is practical and value-based.

I'm impressed!

[KaraZetterberg153]

This is a very good introduction to Zen Buddhism in a contemporary context and it's only $1.99 on Kindle:

Walking the Noble Path
by Thich Nhat Hanh

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The author is a Buddhist monk from Viet Nam, was there during our conflict with them, and is a poet and my sense is, a sort of world figure in the spiritual communities. You don't have to adopt Buddhism to benefit from reading this, and his recommendations do stop suffering. I really love this book.

[ragnarkar]

Principles by Ray Dalio