Haganrih Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Wondering what your thoughts are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 He's wonderful... and very prolific - I've never read anything of his that I wouldn't recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haganrih Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 He's wonderful... and very prolific - I've never read anything of his that I wouldn't recommend. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What have you liked the best? I'm looking at Living Buddha, Living Christ and Peace is every Step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Living Buddha, Living Christ, if I'm remembering correctly, is a pairing of sayings from each. If you're interested in the comparison, I really enjoyed Going Home - Jesus and Buddha as Brothers. I haven't read Peace is Every Step, but I'm sure it is good He also has very insightful books on Anger and Love (makes a great wedding gift! - the second!! - the first might be better 5 or 10 yrs down the road ) His theme is compassion in all the books I have read. Radical compassion - much like Jesus. I find his writings to be very powerful. They seem infused with the divine to me. Not that I think he is divine - just very much tuned in. A lot like reading Mother Teresa or the Dalai Lama.... to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Both of those books are great places to start, I've read them both. As Cynthia noted, TNH is very prolific and there's nothing I've read from him that I wouldn't recommend highly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlytop Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Howdy-- THN's "Living Buddha, Living Christ" is actually a discussion of Christianity from a Buddhist's point of view. A quote from this book is discussed in cunninglily's "Praxis and Ritual in Christianity" thread. Peace, curlytop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo-Maniac Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Everything by Hanh is good. I especially liked "Living Buddha, Living Christ", although I haven't read "Jesus & Buddha as Brothers", at least not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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