Think Like a Monk : Train your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every day

Don’t know exactly how to write the review for a book ,because this is the first time in my life I’m writing a review for the book . Hope I start implementing the main principle of the book right from here -how monk think at this moment ??(to write a review for the book now ). Myself being a doctor , leading a relatively more stressful phase at this Covid pandemic time , mainly due to fear of acquiring Covid disease to myself , my family members, friends , and others in the society , I am very glad to have read this book. Apart from the normal times, these Covid times have put more of stress , burden , agony and fear to all health care workers in various aspects of their life and draining them physically and mentally. There are also cases reported in healthy people who with the fear of getting covid positive or who are tested positive succumbed to death just due to their mental agony and fear of Covid . So apart from the treatment by medications and vaccines , it requires lot of mental Courage & emotional support to fight and overcome such diseases . So this book in particular is must a read for everyone , to gain mental stability and positivity especially in these pandemic situations. Apart from the social distance precautions, mask wear, Diet , personal hygiene and immune booster supplementation , this book can work as a mental booster to everyone of us . The author has beautifully divided the book into three parts - Let Go, Grow and Give , with each of the part having various chapters described under. Right from the first page , the author takes through to a wonderful ride to an enlightened atmosphere driven by a positive energy vehicle . There are various highlighted phrases , quotes and sayings described throughout the book and can be read many a times to develop positive Vibes.There is lot of focus on personality Development , positive emotions and habits described in the book which are motivating . There are beautiful Small Stories described in the book which are given as examples to apply to ourselves .There are real life incidents of the authors lifestyle at the ashram with the monks which makes us get connected and also adding liveliness to the book . The core of the book mainly deals with the different kinds of meditations to train our mind for peace and finding purpose everyday. There’s lot to be experienced internally rather than externally. Hence I am unable to put my book experience in the words . Apart from name, fame , money , luxuries and etc , there’s lot to be dealt internally which gives more happiness to us such as by our kindness , gratitude and service which are beautifully explained in the book . The main thing which I learnt the most in the book is to find happiness internally and being grateful for what we have in our life . I would recommend this book to my friends , family members and also people who are mentally sick , so they would go through this wonderful journey of positive energy . Also in this pandemic situation, where home isolation is the main treatment for many of us , this book is a must read to improve our mental , physical and emotional stability . Words wouldn’t suffice to express my gratitude or thanks to the author Jayshetty and his team for delivering such a masterpiece book to the world and enhancing many lives . Words are actually short for me to describe the experience I had while reading the book . May you write many more books like these and transform as many as Possible to the positive energy. Thank you so much Sir !! -Dr.Sushruth Gowtham

Actual rating: 4. But I'm giving this book 5, it's because this' Jay's first book. Haven't finished reading. It's basically my first impression. Most likely this will be my final impression as well! Who should buy this book? Anybody with interest in reading. If you're capable of reading a book within a month then you could buy! Who shouldn't buy this book? 1. This book is not for someone who wants a book as an aid to overcome fear, depression, loneliness, addition, negative thoughts, relationship struggles... 2. Introduction to all the problems under the sky or maybe above the sky are written in this book... 3. Those who already practice mindfulness, meditation, yoga might not find much stuff in this book... Things that will be interesting... 1. You might think that maybe Jay is the wisest person in the universe. 2. It's because he didn't dilute the subject matter. But he has made the content more relatable to 2020. Annoying things... 1. Sometimes you might find Jay like a kid praising teacher to get extra marks or get some chocolates. 2. Don't get me wrong... Without fail he has written few words about people who has acknowledged his book! 3. Sometimes you might get a feel like, I should become famous within 5 years & Jay will write about me 4. You'll definitely find stuff you might not want to take from a book. Do you want to become rich or make him rich... 1. It's obvious, like in almost all the books, you'll find some marketing stuff at the end of the book. 2. There's nothing wrong in that stuff but again are you ready to spend money to listen to him and to learn from him? 3. If you read some other self help book or teachings of the people that this book relies on; you'll notice that you're drawn towards meditation, positive thinking, changing lifestyle... 4. Unfortunately this book has the tendency to draw readers more towards Jay rather than meditation or mindfulness... 5. It's like a fitness trainer inviting you to gym.. but rather than guiding you to exercise and get fit, the trainer is more interested in selling supplements! Still if you're reading this review... 1. Go ahead and grab a copy of this book. 2. Suppose, if you're surrounded by people who give you advice, & you don't know how they became instant genius, chances are they might have read something from this book or anything from similar books 3. A must read for readers who wants to know what's the current trend in the self help category... Simple advice... 1. I followed few rules which I have broken when I bought this book.. 2. Here's the rule: When it comes to self help, inspiration or mindfulness buy the book written by the person who's an expert in that field, maybe a doctor, or phycologist, or someone who's known for their specific talent like music, etc... 3. Another rule of thumb... It's better to buy self help book written by someone who's already dead or someone who's about to die. It's because you have their whole life before you before buying their books! I think this is my first review.... Why I'm reviewing this book? Honestly I'm disappointed. But still it's not a bad book and it's not a great book. It's definitely not as advertised! If you're ready to follow Jay then you can buy this book and do whatever he suggests in the book. Closing thoughts... Once you start reading this book you'll get a feel like maybe you're eating up huge variety of foods & you couldn't identify what you are tasting! Reading this book is like getting a taste of all the Indian food + Chinese food + Western food + some food from sky! Finally... While reading this book be ready to get interrupted by Jay himself through some social media! Still why I bought this book... 1. I'm surrounded by people who can speak almost about anything after watching a movie or a 5 minute video... I'm sure they gonna quote from this book! 2. I like how Jay sold so much copies of this book! Most likely he has planned everything ahead while releasing his first video! Finally reason for my fictional name... 1. I just don't want people to get caught up in something popular & lose interest in their pursuit of becoming more mindful, positive, financially well, etc! 2. Actual reason for this name... Just search in your favourite search engine, "what was the first program written in C by it's founders?" 3. Yup, I like programming that's why I have created this fictional name. 4. Guys if you're really fed up with life, don't give up. Start learning a programming language. Just print hello world... Why everyone should print hello world... 1. Hello world is a way of checking if the IDE or code editor is installed correctly in the computer. 2. As you make more hello world programs, you'll either stick with 1 programming language or you'll develop interest to learn more programming languages 3. You'll start to understand how computer behaves and understands everything as 0s and 1s... Finally... 1. Is this really a book review? 2. Don't you feel sleepy or annoying? 3. This' how you might feel like while reading this book. 4. If you're an avid reader and want to read something that will have an lasting impact on your life, please don't start with this book! 5. Then what to buy since you've some amount of money to buy a book: Maybe you could buy a book written by a real monk! 6. Either agree or disagree: Basic always remains the same. You might see changes in the format or in the way of presentation. 7. If you've read the previous statement and agreed you will not invest so much on self help books. You might prefer audio books or ebooks as they're relatively cheap & don't take up space in your bookshelf! Think before buying anything....

The book is really practical and filled with mind blowing information. I love the exercises and meditation instructions, so good!

Highly recommend

Amazing book for everyone that is looking to make a change in their life. It’s a book full of wisdom and it will certainaly change your life.

Ce livre m’à beaucoup ouvert l’esprit , sur des choses que je devrais faire si je souhaite avoir une vie remplie, de joie, de but, et d’améliorer il couvre plusieurs axes que se soit du développement personnel au relation humaine.

Well written