Review: Deeper understanding of Zen Philosophy & Japanese History.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
This book offers an elaborate, and well written introduction to both Zen philosophy and Japanese history. Although I liked the entire book, I should mention that I liked the first 20% of the book more than the remaining 80%.I guess that's because the author introduces the Zen philosophy in that part and history is kept to a minimum. There were so many places where I was literally stunned! Zen is an excellent philosophy and has impressed me a lot.But it is important to know the history in order to appreciate the philosophy, hence I don't count that as a negative point. But at places, I did feel that Japanese history was getting more space than what was actually required.Apart from the length of this book, I liked everything else. Zen is an interesting & timeless philosophy and we might as well learn about it in order to get a better view of people and the world around us. Secondly, this book conveys the importance of the irrational side of our brain and we might as well make a note of it. After all, we make many of our 'impulse' purchase decisions due to it. If we admit, understand & channelize that part, we might be in better control of our lives.