Jag läser alldeles för få memoarer för att kunna säga om den här är bra eller dålig, men jag gillade verkligen den här. Easier said than done, but the next time I’m in a ‘heated debate’ I’m going to try to remember this advice. HTTT expands on the theme of corruption in business and politics and people's unwillingness to pay attention or wake up to the reality of it. He talks about the challenges and benefits of meditation, and gave some insight that helped me understand meditation better.

By the end, almost every page was folded and marked ' TELEGRAPH 'A book of some brilliance' DAILY MAIL 'Genuinely stays with you .Lielākā daļa droši vien ir dzirdējusi par "Mūku, kurš pārdeva ferari"- biznesa vidē iedzīvojušies rietumnieki, kuri pamet visu savu līdzšinējo dzīvi, lai pievērstos askētiskajai mūka dzīvei, nav nekāds jaunums, bet Bjērna Natthiko Lindeblāda dzīvesstāsts pārņem savā varā ar savu vienkāršību un atklātību.

I often pass the ruins of a monastery when I’m out for a walk, and I wonder what it would have been like to live there four or five hundred years ago. The connotations aren't right, the constant guitar lick gives an impression of blind following and doesn't really make sense for a love song. Hela tiden balanserande på en gräns mellan upplyftande inspirerande läsning och bedräglig självhjälpsbok. Lasīt labu grāmatu ir tāpat kā doties ceļojumā- tu izkāp nezināmajā, ļaujoties iespaidiem un piedzīvojumiem.But there’s one really clumsy simile in the book, when Björn is talking about his health problems and how he ‘fell asleep like a clubbed seal’. Jag hade en frireligiös uppväxt och lämnade kyrkan (till familjen stora sorg) i tidiga tjugoårsåldern. I enjoyed the various parables that he's learned from his along the way, they illustrated how our lives aren't so different and we face many of the same problems. Although Bjorn becomes a Buddist monk, there isn't a heavy focus on Buddhism in the book, more about the texsts from the religion that he lea Irned from, and from which we can all learn.