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Mindfulness and Money: The Buddhist Path to Abundance

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This book is surprisingly easy reading,and lots of fun to read.
It flows like a river gently to it's final conclusion: "The Path of Abundance-can be easily achieved without money or joining in the rat-race of to=days commercial world."
Kulananda and Houlder are both people who have been highly succesful in their fields,both as entrepeneurs,and teachers and students of Buddhism
They observe that in the West,no matter how much we have,it is never enough.
That the pursuit of wealth for it's own sake,causes much tension and anxiety.
Instead they offer us "The path of Abundance",to counter to-days stress and anxiety.
The path is based on five Buddhist precepts.
Kindness,Generosity,Contentment,Honesty,and Awareness.
These teach us to earn and spend creatively,and to live peacefully with or without money.
The easy to follow path,described with the aid of actual and concrete examples from people interviewed in all walks of life,show how,with the aid of Meditation,and simplicity,we can all lead a hapy stress free life,leaving behind:
"Things,possessions,harmful anxieties,and un-necessities".
The Authors show us how we can set ourselves free to live with our life's true purpose.
Like Kulanandas previously 5 starred book,"Principles of Buddhism",it is a wondrfully accessible book,and highly recommended.

This book discussed how we seek to be complete ourselves through purchases, and how to overcome compulsive spending. It also talks about using the 5 basic Buddhist moral precepts to succeed in business, cultivate loving-kindness, develop generosity, cultivate contentment, be honest, and be more aware. This book was a nice read for a beginner like me but I think they dealt to much with the delusion of the ego that we Buddhists must over come. If you are a beginner this book will help you bring the basics of Buddhism into your personal finances and career. If you have travelled farther out of delusion than the begginer you will have little need for this book, your practice will already have you following these precepts.

This book captivated my attention starting from page one when it commended money being the greatest invention ever! I find it intriguing as a Buddhist nature book would perhaps, tell us that we need to stay away from money as it would imbue in us a sense of craving which is covered in this book anyway. So, the book dragged me further into its content. Before I knew it, I'm finished with it! It's such a friendly book & I find it very useful in terms of using real life examples (case studies if you may) to illustrate their points. This book also made it clear that by upholding the five percepts of Buddhism, we don't need to live like a pauper. Despite that Buddhists endeavours to uphold those values, all of them are still living very different lives. Some would live a contented but simple lives, but some still live in considerable comforts. It all depends upon the choice that we are making. The further information appendix at the end is very helpful to allow us enthusiasts to be in touch with Buddhist Centres around the world. The homepages do help a lot. A book that inspires, a book that answers some of my doubts & misunderstandings, a book that reminds me what I should be doing with my life to lead an abundant life, not in the sense of having the richest & wealthiest life but a life that cherishes the so called "good" life. Highly recommended.

This book was a wonderful surprise and came to me at a time when I needed it most. It helped to validate decisions around my work and life which had been on my mind for some time. It also helped me tremendously in other parts of my life, because even though I was not a practicing Buddhist at the time, I realized how many of my own pilosophies on life and business were aligned with the teachings of the faith, and with the precepts introduced and explored by the authors.

Very useful and a highly-enjoyable read for anyone in search of more from their life's work and self-expression in the workplace.