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Summary: The Greatest Gift
Review: In this lifetime, I have chosen to come back to learn. And I believe that the greatest gift a person can offer to a friend is his religion. It is what you do with that gift that matters. I was offered such a gift by a wonderful friend, Hiroshi 'Ted' Morodami. I am not a Buddist but do consider myself a proudly protesting Christian with Buddhist leanings.A Simple Buddhist Guide to Romantic happiness is what is offered in "What is Love?." At the same time this beautifully written guide offers wonderful insights into this powerful emotion. I enjoyed the quotes cited from ancient to modern writers along side beautiful Buddhist writings. With his use of narrative tales one learns and grows in love. Each of us struggles with our need to find love. In the search for fulfillent, Taro Gold offers wisdom and the beauty of the many faces of love following the Outer, Middle and Inner Paths of Buddhism. I highly recommend this lovely worded book. One learns and grows. I appreciate Mr. Gold's words, he offers a wonderful way to look at love. And I want to thank him for reminding me of a great friendship and the quiet pleasure of the special gift that was offered to me. Learn of Love, as a healthy, happy emotion and the development of such beautiful relationships through the self awareness of Eastern Religion.
Rating:
Summary: The Greatest Gift
Review: In this lifetime, I have chosen to come back to learn. And I believe that the greatest gift a person can offer to a friend is his religion. It is what you do with that gift that matters. I was offered such a gift by a wonderful friend, Hiroshi 'Ted' Morodami. I am not a Buddist but do consider myself a proudly protesting Christian with Buddhist leanings. A Simple Buddhist Guide to Romantic happiness is what is offered in "What is Love?." At the same time this beautifully written guide offers wonderful insights into this powerful emotion. I enjoyed the quotes cited from ancient to modern writers along side beautiful Buddhist writings. With his use of narrative tales one learns and grows in love. Each of us struggles with our need to find love. In the search for fulfillent, Taro Gold offers wisdom and the beauty of the many faces of love following the Outer, Middle and Inner Paths of Buddhism. I highly recommend this lovely worded book. One learns and grows. I appreciate Mr. Gold's words, he offers a wonderful way to look at love. And I want to thank him for reminding me of a great friendship and the quiet pleasure of the special gift that was offered to me. Learn of Love, as a healthy, happy emotion and the development of such beautiful relationships through the self awareness of Eastern Religion.
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Summary: Inspiring Reading for You and Your Loved Ones
Review: My husband gave me this book for our anniversary and I fell in love with it. I am giving many more away this weekend at a wedding shower because if people only knew the kind of wisdom that this books shares I am sure the divorce rate in our country would be much much lower. Wish we could require kids to read this kind of material in grade school so that they could see what real love is supposed to mean instead of the fake images of love they see on tv all day. The subtitle says its Buddhist wisdom but it is really just common sense so don't let that scare you. ANyone and everyone will love this book. My husband gave a copy to his brother who is a Baptist minister and he even loves it! He said its universal truth and that it is.
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Summary: Inspiring Reading for You and Your Loved Ones
Review: My husband gave me this book for our anniversary and I fell in love with it. I am giving many more away this weekend at a wedding shower because if people only knew the kind of wisdom that this books shares I am sure the divorce rate in our country would be much much lower. Wish we could require kids to read this kind of material in grade school so that they could see what real love is supposed to mean instead of the fake images of love they see on tv all day. The subtitle says its Buddhist wisdom but it is really just common sense so don't let that scare you. ANyone and everyone will love this book. My husband gave a copy to his brother who is a Baptist minister and he even loves it! He said its universal truth and that it is.
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Summary: Taro Gold's simple Buddhist guide to romantic happiness
Review: Pay attention to the subtitle of "What Is Love?" because Taro Gold is writing specifically about the romantic form of love. For those who read his earlier book "Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: A Book of Eastern Wisdom," you will again find choice quotations from famous and unknown authors of both Eastern and Western cultures, presented in a book where virtually every page has some simple and elegant artistic touch. But this time around you will find the author talking in his own voice more often. "What is Love?" is much more practical than philosophical, even though it is clearly grounded in simple wisdom, Buddhist or otherwise. The goal of this nightstand book is to give readers help in contributing to the success of their relationships. The foundation for such success if becoming happy within and then expanding that idea to encompass others: "you will find that love is whatever we are; it is whatever we choose to make it." "What Is Love?" is divided into three parts: "Part One - Love and Illusion, The Outer Path: Searching Through the Fantasy"; "Part Two - Love and Reality, The Inner Path: Finding True Love Within"; and "Part Three - Love and Life: The Middle Path: Creating Romantic Happiness Now." The Buddhist influence is integrated throughout the book, with Gold talking about taking charge of our consciousness, engaging in continual self-reflection, and realizing there is nothing we can say or do to change another person. There is no claim that anything in here is a brand new idea that will help people find love and live happily every after. To the contrary, Gold's approach is grounded in centuries of Buddhist thought, which is echoed throughout the centuries in other cultures and traditions, as reflected by the quotations sprinkled throughout the book. You will find a Buddhist proverb on one page and a quote from a Woody Allen film on another, all presented in a setting of gentle persuasion and constant encouragement. What makes this an appealing book is not so much that it has something to say, but rather than it finds ways of making you listen to ideas that you have always known, but have managed to forget. "What Is Love?" is a spiritual guide, in the most universal sense of the term.
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Summary: Taro Gold's simple Buddhist guide to romantic happiness
Review: Pay attention to the subtitle of "What Is Love?" because Taro Gold is writing specifically about the romantic form of love. For those who read his earlier book "Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: A Book of Eastern Wisdom," you will again find choice quotations from famous and unknown authors of both Eastern and Western cultures, presented in a book where virtually every page has some simple and elegant artistic touch. But this time around you will find the author talking in his own voice more often. "What is Love?" is much more practical than philosophical, even though it is clearly grounded in simple wisdom, Buddhist or otherwise. The goal of this nightstand book is to give readers help in contributing to the success of their relationships. The foundation for such success if becoming happy within and then expanding that idea to encompass others: "you will find that love is whatever we are; it is whatever we choose to make it." "What Is Love?" is divided into three parts: "Part One - Love and Illusion, The Outer Path: Searching Through the Fantasy"; "Part Two - Love and Reality, The Inner Path: Finding True Love Within"; and "Part Three - Love and Life: The Middle Path: Creating Romantic Happiness Now." The Buddhist influence is integrated throughout the book, with Gold talking about taking charge of our consciousness, engaging in continual self-reflection, and realizing there is nothing we can say or do to change another person. There is no claim that anything in here is a brand new idea that will help people find love and live happily every after. To the contrary, Gold's approach is grounded in centuries of Buddhist thought, which is echoed throughout the centuries in other cultures and traditions, as reflected by the quotations sprinkled throughout the book. You will find a Buddhist proverb on one page and a quote from a Woody Allen film on another, all presented in a setting of gentle persuasion and constant encouragement. What makes this an appealing book is not so much that it has something to say, but rather than it finds ways of making you listen to ideas that you have always known, but have managed to forget. "What Is Love?" is a spiritual guide, in the most universal sense of the term.
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Summary: a great help
Review: This book has helped me with my self-love and my attitude toward others in every area, my romantic relationship as well as my friendships and with co-workers. It has helped me to see that when there is something I feel negative about I don't need to wait for the other person to change, I can find the freedom to heal the negativity on my own. And amazingly, as the book says, when I do this then others in my life seem to mysteriously do the same. It's like they are mirrors of my attitude. This and so many other wonderful simple lessons I have learned from this book.
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Summary: a great help
Review: This book has helped me with my self-love and my attitude toward others in every area, my romantic relationship as well as my friendships and with co-workers. It has helped me to see that when there is something I feel negative about I don't need to wait for the other person to change, I can find the freedom to heal the negativity on my own. And amazingly, as the book says, when I do this then others in my life seem to mysteriously do the same. It's like they are mirrors of my attitude. This and so many other wonderful simple lessons I have learned from this book.
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Summary: An absolute treat
Review: This book is a handbook to creating healthy, ideal relationships. It is relevant and easily applicable to everyone's life, no matter if you have never heard of Buddhism before or even if you're a lifelong student of Eastern wisdom. The author doesn't ask us to change our lives, he simply shows us how to look at ourselves and our experiences in a different, new, and empowering light. The text is richly illsutrated adding a nice sense of warmth and familiarity to the message of each chapter. My favorite part is the section on the state of one's life condition, and how your state of life in any given moment determines how you see what's going on around you. A happy person and a sad person will see the exact same circumstances very differently, and have different reactions. Just realizing this fact of life has changed my level of joy for the better already. Brilliant! I suggest this sweet book as a great gift to yourself, to help increase your genuine self-love, and of course as a gift to others as well. Everyone wants to know more about love, how we can find it, how we can make it healthier and happier, how we can make it last. This sweet book adds much to the realization of that dream.
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Summary: An absolute treat
Review: This book is a handbook to creating healthy, ideal relationships. It is relevant and easily applicable to everyone's life, no matter if you have never heard of Buddhism before or even if you're a lifelong student of Eastern wisdom. The author doesn't ask us to change our lives, he simply shows us how to look at ourselves and our experiences in a different, new, and empowering light. The text is richly illsutrated adding a nice sense of warmth and familiarity to the message of each chapter. My favorite part is the section on the state of one's life condition, and how your state of life in any given moment determines how you see what's going on around you. A happy person and a sad person will see the exact same circumstances very differently, and have different reactions. Just realizing this fact of life has changed my level of joy for the better already. Brilliant! I suggest this sweet book as a great gift to yourself, to help increase your genuine self-love, and of course as a gift to others as well. Everyone wants to know more about love, how we can find it, how we can make it healthier and happier, how we can make it last. This sweet book adds much to the realization of that dream.
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