I had the good fortune to meet the author, Gelong Thubten, in person on several occassions during my time working at Google, where he gave meditation lessons and talks about awareness in the business context. Gelong Thubten is shining a light on the positive and ameliorating effects of meditation whilst also debunking and explaining the classic misinterpretation of the practice. There is some guidance and having both the audio book and the hard copy were handy as there are guided meditations at the end so having someone read them to you rather than you having to read them whilst practising was very good, but also having the hard copy to reference was very handy too. Thubten, a Buddhist monk and meditation expert who has worked with everyone from school kids to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Benedict Cumberbatch, explains how meditation and mindfulness can create a direct path to happiness.

Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here.Probably my first author was Chögyam Trungpa, I have read some writings about Tibetan Buddhism from Kalu Rinpoché and of course the Dalai Lama. In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten shares a practical and sustainable approach to happiness. Allowing us to maintain a more substantial state of happiness and stopping unnecessary surges of adrenaline and cortisol from ruining our life experiences. Some very good advice and information, it just didn’t really work for me, I didn’t feel inspired to carry out the practice, but this is likely a personal thing.

Gelong pracuje aj s dobre známou teóriou, že najlepšie budú jeho rady fungovať, ak si človek vytvorí návyk a bude sa usilovať využiť dobrý pocit z meditácie aj v priebehu dňa. First part walks you through the theory behind meditation and also offers plethora of handy advice about the practice itself.Don't go expecting unicorns and rainbows from this book, however what you will get is some great down to earth guidance from a man who can relate to the problems we face in our everyday lives because he was once there too. Na rovinu totiž hovorí, že vžitá predstava o meditácii nemá nič spoločné so skutočným pohrúžením sa do svojho vnútra.