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The author, a Vietnam combat veteran, acknowledges the Buddhist insight that violence is rooted in suffering. He describes how he uses this insight in his life to respond to and comfort himself and others, including others some would view as the enemy. For example, he describes the post-World War II hanging of the Auschwitz camp commandant as equally as unacceptable as the commandant's treatment of the camp's Jews. "Claude Anshin," as he calls himself, has walked thousands of miles on several continents in the cause of nonviolence since his ordination as a mendicant Zen monk. I took away from this book the insight that no one individual's or society's suffering is any more or less important than any other indiviudual's or society's. This has helped me deal with my own PTSD from this author's war and to respond compassionately to a family that won't include me, even 40 years later, because of my (noncombatant) experience in that war. I read the book several years ago and wasn't ready to acknowledge the truth of the author's work. I'm glad I gave it another reading.Vollständige Rezension lesen
The opening chapters somewhat explain the tribulations of a military draftee in the 1960's era. It tells of a new soldier's degradation, and rebuilding, into a fighting machine. Personally I had a few similar experiences, making the memories (again) all too real. The many parts, with all his combat missions seemed overwhelming. I wasn't in his shoes, nor did I follow him. We all have our crosses to bear. I was handed this book by my psychiatrist to read as a thought for therapy. I have also read some Choprah. Although this isn't on a Choprah level, it is an approach to relieve the troubled mind myself, and others, have from our trauma in service to our Country. This is a short story of a man making the best of his situation through meditation. I sometimes do the same, but there is never a cure. The cessation of the problem is a relief. This is a must read for those that walk our path.Vollständige Rezension lesen