The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

· Penguin UK
4.7
101 reviews
Ebook
288
Pages

About this ebook

The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this timely guide to mindfulness, Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist monk born in Korea and educated in the United States, offers advice on everything from handling setbacks to dealing with rest and relationships, in a beautiful book combining his teachings with calming full-colour illustrations. Haemin Sunim's simple messages - which he first wrote when he responded to requests for advice on social media - speak directly to the anxieties that have become part of modern life and remind us of the strength and joy that come from slowing down.

Hugely popular in Korea, Haemin Sunim is a Zen meditation teacher whose teachings transcend religion, borders and ages. With insight and compassion drawn from a life full of change, the 'mega-monk' succeeds at encouraging all of us to notice that when you slow down, the world slows down with you.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
101 reviews
Nadila Dinda Pratiwi
July 31, 2019
Suka banget bukunya, bener2 bikin slowdown dan pikiran tenang. Buku bahasa inggris pertamaku nih ❤
1 person found this review helpful
Riska Amelia
July 27, 2019
The book helped me passing my wow-how-32-years of life.
14 people found this review helpful
Venkatesh Rathod
February 16, 2019
Best book to read and feel good.
3 people found this review helpful

About the author

Haemin Sunim is one of the most influential Zen Buddhist teachers and writers in the world. Born in South Korea and educated at Berkeley, Harvard, and Princeton, he received formal monastic training in Korea and taught Buddhism at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He has more than a million followers on Twitter (@haeminsunim) and Facebook and lives in Seoul when not traveling to share his teachings. In Korea, his books have sold more than three million copies and are popular as guides not only to mediation but also to overcoming the challenges of everyday life

Chi-Young Kim (translator) is the translator of the New York Times bestselling Korean novel Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin and the Korean contemporary classic The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-Mi Hwang. She lives in Los Angeles.

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