A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about slowing down in our fast-paced world.
Haemin Sunim is one of the most influential Zen Buddhist teachers and writers in South Korea, where 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. 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 teachingsChi-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.
Everyone who wants to thrive more in their life should have it on
their nightstand
*Arianna Huffington*
Universal truths, beautifully expressed, lovingly illustrated
*Mark Williams, co-author of 'Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a
Frantic World'*
Ingeniously simple tips from a zen monk that'll boost your mood,
career - and relationships
*Daily Mail*
Offers practical advice on everything from handling setbacks to
relationships. Best for reclaiming your zen
*Stylist*
Taking time is Sunim's thing. He's a Buddhist monk who has become
internationally famous for it. Written in response to requests for
advice on social media, [The Things You Can See] directly addresses
problems facing people around the world
*Guardian*
Full of insightful and practical advice-and wonderfully portable,
like a daily guidebook. I read it with great interest
*Bhante Gunaratana, author of 'Mindfulness in Plain English'*
Haemin Sunim has offered us a remarkable gift, a compendium of
practical wisdom. It is accessible brilliance
*Allan Lokos, founder and guiding teacher, Community Meditation
Center, NYC; author of 'Through the Flames', 'Patience', and
'Pocket Peace'*
A remarkable guide to how to live a life of unpretentious
authenticity and compassionate engagement. In Haemin Sunim's brief
essays and aphorisms, the insights of Buddhism have fully become
the stuff of life itself
*Robert Buswell, Director of Buddhist Studies, UCLA*
This book is wonderful-straight from the heart of a wise, kind
teacher. Written simply and with gentle humor, it will help you
find lasting happiness in a changing world
*Rick Hanson, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of 'Buddha’s
Brain' and 'Hardwiring Happiness'*
Loving, practical, and kind, The Things You Can See Only When You
Slow Down is a beautiful reminder of the rewards of living
wisely
*Jack Kornfield, bestselling author of 'A Path with Heart' and 'The
Wise Heart'*
Filled with gems of wisdom, this book will lift up your heart and
enliven your spirit
*Tara Brach, author of 'Radical Acceptance' and 'True Refuge'*
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down proves what the Wise
have always taught: As goes our attention, so comes our experience.
The more we attend to living in the present moment, the richer
becomes our experience of it . . . and of our own higher
possibilities
*Guy Finley, bestselling author of 'The Secret of Letting Go'*
Perfect for readers looking for a respite from busy lives and
tumultuous times . . . Sunim evokes a calm assuredness in his
philosophy, reminiscent of Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran
*Publishers Weekly*
Haemin Sunim's book has a place in my backpack now. When I read it
at the coffee shop, my coffee break becomes a meditation break. At
bedtime, it brings me peace. And in the morning it inspires me
*Joseph Emet, author of 'Finding the Blue Sky' and 'Buddha’s Book
of Meditation'*
I believe this elegant book will help heal a river of grief that
runs through our entire nation, just below the surface, everywhere
I go. People ache for time with those they love, with friends and
family, with nature. My hope is that everyone who opens this book
will immediately find some passage, some way into a secret garden
of slow time, where things of great beauty and truth grow, and
blossom, in effortless abundance. It is a glorious refuge -- a
timely, welcome escape from the pervasive trance of ordinary,
relentlessly productive time
*Wayne Muller, bestselling author of 'Sabbath' and 'A Life of
Being, Having, and Doing Enough'*
Wonderful . . . They read almost like haikus
*All Things Considered (NPR)*
Full of wisdom and love this is a book to keep as a dear companion.
Hold it close. With its simple yet deeply profound messages it will
become a wise friend to turn to again and again. Haemin Sunim
bridges East and West in his own life story and his writing. Truly
this is a gem
*Vidyamala Burch*
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