How To Sit (2014)

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Author

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Genre

Nonfiction

Rating

4.08 of 5 Votes: 5

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ISBN

1937006581 (ISBN13: 9781937006587)

Language

English

Publisher

Parallax Press

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About book How To Sit (2014)

While I started this book a while ago, I decided to start again and read it all in one sitting. I found it to be a great introduction to the concept of meditation, explaining the importance of doing something just to do it (for example, sitting just to sit, breathing just to enjoy breathing). I'm glad I took the time to really focus on the lessons shared here, as the book explained quite a lot in about 100 pages! I also liked the included guided meditations, because it's nice to have a place to start! Not really sure who the intended audience for this book is. It's full of great wisdom, but I was confused as to why one would need this book. If you have a meditation practice and want some short paragraph reminders to reinvigorate or remind you of your intention, than perhaps this book is perfect. It's just not thorough enough for a beginner and it's a bit too simplistic for someone with experience and practice. Good ideas, just seems like an odd book to create (especially since the author has so many other volumes of work on this topic).