As someone who hasn't done a ton of reading on Buddhism, but has some general knowledge I felt like this book was a fairly good introduction to some concepts. They're applied to a perspective of using techniques like breath in certain situations as an activist that can be distressing (as an example). A lot of his personal anecdotes from Vietnam give context for the life Thay lived practicing these concepts in reality. 

I'm not sure quite what I was expecting but I was thought I would be a bit more inspired/motivated/etc or maybe to just have a little more depth? There's definitely some quotes here or there that I could come back to. I think it could've leaned a lot more into the 'saving the planet' part I suppose.