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Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
by Lama Surya Das
from Doubleday

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Had to buy it!
  I borrowed the book from the library, and after reading 1/2 of it, I decided I needed to own the book. Lama Surya Das writes very clearly and in a way that brings Buddhist principles into 21st century United States in very meaningful ways. Not just for times of change and loss, but really for any one reflecting on life, where they have come from and where they are going. Highly recommended.

• thought provoking but lacking
  This book provides some insights and suggestions for dealing with change. Although there are some good tips for dealing with change, the author does not present it in a elegant manner. This book is filled with stories of people that the reader does not know and I suppose should be able to relate to. In addition, the author uses a number of quotes from other people. What would have made this book more successful would be an honest, personal, first-person teaching of the knowledge that I think the author has... more info

• I loved this book
  Just enjoyed a differnt perspective ... You dont need to be a buddhist to benifit from this book. Worth every cent paid. The simple ideas presented here are so basic we tend to overlook them as we go about our lives.

• letting go does not mean forgetting
  A friend gave a copy of this book to me about three years ago, when I was in the depths of depression. It helped me tremendously, and, no, I didn't have to become a Buddhist in order to feel better.
  "Letting go of the person you used to be" does not mean completely changing everything about your life, nor does it mean attempting to forget or no longer to care about people you love and have lost. The book's focus is, in fact, on accepting grief and sadness as not only natural, unavoidable aspects of... more info

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