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A carregar... Dinner with Buddha (edição 2015)por Roland Merullo
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Dinner with Buddha features Otto and Rinpoche taking another road trip through the West.They visit a few of the country's amazing national parks, and meet a number of remarkable people. Each book in Merulo's series becomes more serious and profound. There have been some negative incidents at Rinpoche's retreat, and he and his wife, Otto's sister, feel its time to relocate.They believe their young daughter, Shelsa may be the next Buddha, or Jesus, or Messiah, and as as such needs protection. Adding to Otto's concerns, his daughter, Natasha, shared that she is in love with a student of Rinpoche's, who happens to be years older, and had been in trouble with the law years earlier. Natasha suggests her father has nothing keeping him in New York, and he should consider relocating. During their road trip Rinpoche in his unique but effective way continues to teach Otto spirituality. About prioritizing, and to quieting one's mind from petty, angry, mundane thoughts and feelings, how to reach higher. Otto struggles considering whether he is ready to leave New York, and the comfortable life he knows, and to become more committed to a more focused, spiritual life. Excellent read encouraging people to think deeply about life choices. To focus on doing good, become less dependent on material things, aim higher. Remarkably compelling. Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. Firstly, and unrelated to my review, I never received my copy of this book. I checked a copy out of the library, as perhaps mine got lost in the shuffle as I was moving in August.I don't quite know what to say about this book. In contrast to other reviewers here, I didn't find it terribly well written. Merullo writes well about food, and so there is a lot of that scattered throughout the narrative. He also has a knack for creating parables related to Buddhism, which his characters share with one another. In terms of plot and character development, however, this book was not strong at all. To be fair, this pseudo-religious self-help-esque format is something I find rather patronizing and irritating. That said, it definitely resonates with some readers, and I won't take that away from Merullo. Finally, in terms of stirring my interest about Buddhism, it was a success. I won't be reading any other works by Merullo based on this work, but I will probably delve further into other works on the topic of this religion. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
"The first fifty or so years of Otto's journey were pretty good. He felt he had it all until one day he didn't. Looking for answers, he calls on his enlightened brother-in-law, Volya Rinpoche, a wise man with Russian roots, a Tibetan heritage, and an international reputation as a spiritual teacher ... Otto needs his brother-in-law's wisdom, ... and ... it turns out that Rinpoche himself is also looking for guidance. They embark on a road trip over highways and back roads across the middle of America, hoping to sort out what's troubling them. They encounter a diverse cast of characters along the way as they look for answers to life's mysteries"--Amazon.com. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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