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Title: The Essence of Wisdom by STEPHEN MITCHELL ISBN: 0-7679-0306-4 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 19 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Donate your money to the "author!"
Comment: I like Stephen Mitchells REAL books very much !
Unfortunately this is NOT a real book. It is mostly blank space
with one quotation per page -- most of which are very, very brief.
Many of the quotations are just fine, others seem to have been chosen because they sound wise (but, in fact are not).
Spend your money on a nicely bound blank notebook and start copying down the best of the truly wise statements you find in your own reading. You will end up with a much more substantial and substantive collection than Mitchell has provided. He could easily have assembled this "book" in one or two hours.
For those who never read well-known authors from the various wisdom traditions, then this tiny pamphlet might be a modest start. Other than that it seems mainly to be a way for Stephen Mitchell to increase his income with no effort whatever.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful Collection
Comment: I'm a huge fan of Stephen Mitchel, ever since reading his translation of the Tao de Ching when I was in college. This is a wonderful collection of poems and thought provoking quokes from all the greats, cutting across all religions and cultures. Here's one of the last ones: The place is here; the way leads everywhere (Dogen). From the introduction I think the collection progresses from more simple to more complex. They're all terrific!
Rating: 5
Summary: a book of spiritual riches meant to be savored
Comment: This lovely short volume contains nuggets of wisdom each of which could provide a day's worth of contemplation.Many of the sources come from non-western sages and mystics.There are many books of wise quotes out there but few as profound and beautiful as this carefully selected volume of mystical profundity.
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Title: The Enlightened Heart by Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 006092053X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 29 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 0060812451 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Gospel According to Jesus by Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 0060923210 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 31 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Bhagavad Gita : A New Translation by Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 0609810340 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Enlightened Mind by Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 0060923202 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 26 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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