Mind Full to Mindful: Zen Wisdom From a Monk's Bowl

Mind Full to Mindful is an inspiring book laced with thought-provoking nuggets and captivating anecdotes. The premise of the book is simple - ultimate peace and contentment can be attained by keeping things simple and by treating life with care. The author serves this to you with artistic garnishing (through a table of contents that is aptly called "The Zen Menu”).This book is an easy read thanks to the crisp content and narrative. It provides practical techniques as well as the theoretical foundation that will motivate you to undertake this journey. It is packaged with an interesting mix of subjects ranging from relatively esoteric and thought-provoking concepts (such as the Nature of things), to practical tips about prioritization and wise usage of time.As a side-note, this book has a few typos. While that’s only a minor distraction, there definitely is an opportunity for proofreaders to fix these typos in the next edition of this book.Overall Mind Full to Mindful is an enjoyable and educative read and, if the teachings are sincerely adopted, it has the potential to change lives.

Another book of amazing and priceless wisdom from Om Swamiji!The knowledge and understanding of Zen (or Zazen) has been long forgotten at the place of its origin, but this book fills up the gap of the lost centuries and offers such deep and valuable insight into one of the most beautiful form of meditation.Simply written and sprinkled with His hallmark humor all over...nicely includes the forms, teaching, aspects, virtues and principles of Zen meditation/wisdom...offers the bonus of hilarious illustrations as well.(one of my favorites - " Buddha: I should have made one of those nobody-can-depict-me rules. They always make me fat. Jesus: Tell me about it. I have been a blond, white dude for, like, 2000 years") :))Very highly recommended!!!

Excellent synopsis of the Zen philosophy, which paradoxically, at least from my POV, can seem complicated.Om Swami sums it up very nicely, my favorite nugget being this method of building mindfulness in your daily life. Ask yourself this question as many times as you can during the day and experience the benefits of mediation, without sitting for it."What am I doing right now?" - now answer the question, "I am writing a review", or "I am day dreaming"now ask "what should I be doing right now"Finally, do what you should be doing. Easy, huh?...but actually, it's super hard to be mindful all the time

I think this book by swamiji gives a very clear understanding of what zen means and what are it’s principles. It’s not a rule book of some sort but a way of life which is quiet flexible depending on your schedule, body type and your mental strength

Swamiji has the same message always ofcourse, connect with your source, but I felt that in this book he somehow touched the vulnerability of being a human in more ways than before. This book talks about one's inability to breathe, walk, eat, or live mindfully. And somehow wants to make yourself forgive that tendency and continue to strive without really striving.Emphasis on maintaining your physical health was phenomenal, it was like a revelation to me. I am confident there are millions of people in the same boat as I am. Wanting something, but not having a clear plan, and not doing anything to execute it, and having the stress of not doing it eat you up alive! Swamiji gives hope that it is not too late, and gives very practical suggestions to accomplish it.Swamiji is compassionate, and extremely humble. He does not hesitate to share his own struggles with simple tasks such as writing the weekly post, or trying to fall asleep. Ofcourse, his struggles with falling asleep have to do with an acute sense of awareness and awakening, and mine seem to be because of being lost in the forest of thoughts, and in the fog of confusion. But we do have something in common:)Thank you Swamiji.

It's a life changing self help. I am not a fun of reading. But for this particular book, my reading spirit germinated

This books was recommended by my book club affiliated with Yoga with Adriene. I tried to stop and digest what I was reading, but could not put it down I will refer back to it daily. It is that good. Wisdom with humor.

All of Om Swami's books are so amazing and well written. I love him dearly and his teachings are so modern and applicable. Thank you for this great book once again.. i have already half of it if not more and it just makes me grateful of your teachings. Aum.

If you fully ingest the mental jewels in this book and practice them in time they will change your life.

This was the first Om Swami book that I read, and it got me hooked to his style of writing. This is also the first self-help book that I read, as I generally find them very boring. But this is an extremely interesting book which I couldn't put down until I read it completely.Like many people today, I suffer from overthinking which keeps altering my mood and feelings. I usually have little control over my mood and would feel high one moment and low the very next.This book reminds me to take things easy and not take myself too seriously. I have kept this book by my bedside and read a few pages whenever I find it difficult to sleep due to overthinking, and it helps in calming my mind down.Thankyou so much Swamiji for this treasure!

Hat etwas beruhigendes, wenn man es liest und lässt einen über Gewisse Dinge nachdenken.

I absolutely loved this book. Om Swami talks about mindfulness in his characteristic style, telling loads of stories and featuring anecdotes from Buddha's life. I always felt warm reading a few pages of this book before going to bed. I'd highly recommend reading this book if you want to bring about a positive change in your life.

Es un must dentro del género, contiene información básica, pero que te deja pensando un buen rato. Pequeñas "reglas" o pasos para llevar una vida más plena con uno mismo,y a su vez con lo que nos rodea.