The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower: 52 Stories to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Thoughts, Find Happiness, and Live Your Best Life

Bought this for my sister - a lovely little book with easy reading stories that leave you feeling a little better about life. Short enough stories that you can read one each night before bed!

Easy to read. Short stories and good life lessons. It can be referenced over and over.

If you are looking for a self help book that is easy to read and learn life lessons from , this is it.

As a book for younger children to teach them about being good and living a good life this is excellent. As an adult who is not a Buddhist a nice gentle and soothing read. If you are a Buddhist even to a small degree it is a great reminder of all the principles by which we should all live.You are not going to be faced with any deep philosophical arguments here, which can be a relief - there are plenty enough of those books on Buddhist principles already. This is a nice relief and an easy read, recommended to just about everyone to read at least once in their lives.

I got what I ordered.

I bought two copies of this book, one for myself and one for a friend who I think may like and understand its purpose, even though I am a practitioner of Buddhism and he isn't. Most practitioners and students of Buddhism will already recognise this style of story-telling. As fables or parables, they have simple themes and are intended to make you think about the specifics of Buddhist practice and its eightfold noble path, particularly in Zen Buddhism. But the glorious thing is that they can make everyone stop to think, in just the same way that, say, Aesop's fables had a similar purpose. The book is a simple read and suitable for anyone from childhood through to old age, to help learn some of the truths of living and often a gentler and more peaceful way to look at life.

So good just what I needed after a bad break up. So good that my friend saw it and I got one for her too.

Lovely stories and a lovely read