Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment by Deepak Chopra
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Book Reviews of Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment
Book Review: Expected something and got nothing
Summary: 1 Stars
I honestly, sincerely cannot imagine how anyone could enjoy this book. It's clear what's being attempted: to bring a famous historical and religious figure to life with fictional details so that we realize he really lived and really was a person like us. Sorry, but I feel the book fails miserably. There are so many useless, pointless details and anecdotes related in the beginning that the reader gets quite bored and does not feel personally touched by the main character's experiences. The author is very good at writing self-help books but he's very poor at writing fictional narrative. The vast majority of the book covers the time before the Buddha decided to start his quest for enlightenment, and again, all this background foreshadowing failed to get me interested in the main character as a real person. Then it's painfully obvious the author got tired and bored with the project himself and he sprinted through the remainder of Buddha's life, trying to finish the book as quickly as possible. What a let-down. Please pick any other Buddhist book at random, it will very likely be better than this attempt to make fast money off the Buddha's life and name.Book Review: typical--writer to the masses who doesn't know what's truthful
Summary: 1 Stars
I just viewed Chopra on PBS show on "Happiness Prescription with Deepak Chopra: Modern Insights from Buddha's Wisdom." Don't know where else to write a review on his videos, so will write it here. "Modern Insights..."--more like mod or hip insights. Most Chopra writings I've read have been written better by others--even layman Hindu and Buddhist books. It's "mod"-ified buddhism, "mod"-ified Hindu philosophy, "mod"-ern-as-hip-Chopra. The reason is Chopra is hip is primarily because he has a MD, and many over-respect this degree. I don't think Buddha, Krishna, Mohammed, or Socrates earned MD. Chopra isn't modern either--he incorporates poorly modern understandings of evolution, ecology, relativity, quantum mechanics into his biases on traditional Hindu thoughts. If he was really good, he'd be selling a lot less books and videos.