tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post6414730887802865960..comments2024-01-07T09:36:51.796-08:00Comments on Chess, Comics, Crosswords, Books, Music, Cinema: Inspirational books I read in my youthPrashant C. Trikannadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-88229305435611466422014-10-19T02:08:34.599-07:002014-10-19T02:08:34.599-07:00Moira, JLS is one of my favourite nonfictional boo...Moira, JLS is one of my favourite nonfictional books and I have read it more than once—truly inspirational. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-49140234014185535172014-10-19T02:04:25.485-07:002014-10-19T02:04:25.485-07:00Sergio, thank you. It's important for me to re...Sergio, thank you. It's important for me to read a little philosophy every week. It keeps me grounded.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-17677422990868372442014-10-19T02:00:10.594-07:002014-10-19T02:00:10.594-07:00Ron, thanks for mentioning Helmut Thielicke, Dietr...Ron, thanks for mentioning Helmut Thielicke, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Pema Chrödrön. I have read very little western spiritual and inspirational literature outside of Indian mysticism, of which there is much I still haven't read. Indian mystics lay emphasis on faith and devotion in God above everything else.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-46527388330371719422014-10-19T01:51:48.469-07:002014-10-19T01:51:48.469-07:00Tracy, I have read Buddhist teachings and writings...Tracy, I have read Buddhist teachings and writings but none by Alan Watts. Thanks for mentioning his name. I'm happy to know that you are familiar with Eknath Easwaran whose books are truly inspiring. He wrote extensively on meditation and in a way any one who read it had no difficulty in understanding or following it. I find his eight-point programme, which includes "slowing down," extremely useful.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-12563405541224436612014-10-19T01:42:14.153-07:002014-10-19T01:42:14.153-07:00Richard, I love your idea of inner peace. I think ...Richard, I love your idea of inner peace. I think most of us like being with nature as a means to finding inner peace and joy and discovering a little about ourselves. You paint a lovely picture of nature. It is what I look forward to most when driving or taking a bus or train out of my city, a rarity these days. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-72573798472667597382014-10-19T01:35:40.924-07:002014-10-19T01:35:40.924-07:00Col, I wasn't brought up practicing religion a...Col, I wasn't brought up practicing religion as much as living spirituality the basis of which was to each his or her own faith and its practice.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-10056664332235946522014-10-19T01:31:44.006-07:002014-10-19T01:31:44.006-07:00Charles, I read them from a very young age. Beside...Charles, I read them from a very young age. Besides, my dad used to narrate real inspirational stories many of which were handed down to him by his mother.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-34415982479068997342014-10-18T11:55:09.319-07:002014-10-18T11:55:09.319-07:00I haven't read any of these - I guess we all h...I haven't read any of these - I guess we all have our own inspirations and perhaps are less likely to share favourites... I will look these ones up. Although I do remember Jonathan Livingston Seagull back in the day.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-69501196500330048052014-10-17T00:09:28.235-07:002014-10-17T00:09:28.235-07:00A great selection Prashant - tso important o have ...A great selection Prashant - tso important o have the time to read and re-read when growing up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-88422242503957983102014-10-16T17:11:26.141-07:002014-10-16T17:11:26.141-07:00While still in college, I was moved by the sermons...While still in college, I was moved by the sermons of Helmut Thielicke, who preached to gatherings of air-raid survivors in Stuttgart during the final days of WWII. Later, I became absorbed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer's LETTERS AND PAPERS FROM PRISON, which I adapted into a play. More recently, I found much insight in the writings and recorded talks of Tibetan Buddhist Pema Chrödrön. Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-73328631850060780712014-10-16T12:46:30.518-07:002014-10-16T12:46:30.518-07:00I did not read inspirational books much in my yout...I did not read inspirational books much in my youth. I remember reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull about the time the book came out, but I think it was because my first husband was interested in it for the flying... he was/is a pilot. I did read some Buddhist writings by Alan Watts about that time. In the last 20 years I read some books by Eknath Easwaran... very inspiring.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-29295800017877947762014-10-16T12:32:28.950-07:002014-10-16T12:32:28.950-07:00I've read three of the five you list, each jus...I've read three of the five you list, each just once. I also, while in college, read a book on Buddism, and another on Taoism, both interesting though neither convincing me to dig deeper. I have, from earliest youth, found the greatest peace in Nature. A day, even a few hours, walking in nature, though the fields, trees, by streams, among the animals and birds (not at a zoo, but out wild) gives me an inner peace nothing else can.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-1077582732818285632014-10-16T11:30:57.487-07:002014-10-16T11:30:57.487-07:00Ditto Charles. I think I had my fill with a cathol...Ditto Charles. I think I had my fill with a catholic education and upbringing, which perhaps turned me away from faith and the spirituality.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-73864138368339322522014-10-16T08:07:40.195-07:002014-10-16T08:07:40.195-07:00I didn't read many inspirational type stories ...I didn't read many inspirational type stories when I was a kid. Too busy reading space tales and animal and sport stories I guess.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com