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The Art of Living by Thích Nhất Hạnh

daeus's review

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4.0

Interesting musings of life, death, transformation, mindfulness.

The 5 rememberences:
- 'I am of the nature to grow old'
- 'I am of the nature to have ill health'
- 'I am of the nature to die'
- 'all that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change.'
- 'my actions are my only true belongings.'

Quotes:
- "handling our suffering is an art."
- "If we don't experience suffering, how can we ever generate understanding and compassion?  Compassion is born from understanding suffering, and without understanding and compassion, we cannot be a happy person....we cannot create happiness in a place without suffering.... lotuses cannot grow on marble."
- " Breathing in, I see all my ancestors in me: my mineral ancestors, plant ancestors, mammal ancestors, and human ancestors. My ancestors are always present, alive in every cell of my body, and I play a part in their immortality."

besedaris's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

heinekaayn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.25

jp8williams's review

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

magrittr's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

catieanason's review

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slow-paced

1.0

The audiobook was hard to listen to

melhaus87's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

gohanian's review

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5.0

5.0 ⭐

adambwriter's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

bambel's review

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informative relaxing slow-paced

3.5