And now about books:
1. Tuesdays with Morrie: A good read. Lacks the punch tho. I had seen this book on the stands a couple of years earlier. After hearing many a people go ga-ga over this, gifted this to rash.
Wish Mitch had recorded more of Morrie's words. I mean, he should have started the Tuesday sessions much earlier. Morrie's words are truly wonderful. Lot of meaning in them. It does moist your eyes.
2. Quicksilver: I am short of superlatives to describe this book. Gets a little dragged in between but its one helluva ride, littered with treasure and am waiting to read the next volume of the Baroque Cycle.
3. Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, by BKS Iyengar. A gift from an old friend of mine. Each sentence is so loaded, makes you read those sentences again. This book will be more of the reference kind. Cant start this book with a mission to finish it off in one go. Will take a while to assimilate the essence of this book. As my friend describes, its certainly a 'Manual for Life'.
Have picked up a few books on Zen Teachings from the National Library in Singapore. 43$ for a yearly membership is not bad for the access to the books we get here. And have reserved' Herman Hesse's Siddhartha in the college library. Have read it earlier, but want to read it again.
I am somehow drawn to the Buddhist teachings off late. Maybe, I will have to give a serious try to understand their philosophy.
2 comments:
Siddartha is an amazing book. It ranks #0 in my top 10 list of books! Short, sweet, and impressively spiritual!
'Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali' must have been gifted by Aalhad! I will have to read this, it seems. Added to my 'want-2-have' books :)
Hey Shaolin:
Totally agree. Siddartha is amazing. Truly. And knowing him, I think its easy to guess who gifted the yoga Sutras book :)
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