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    <body><![CDATA[This book is amazing. As usual Thich Nhat Hanh manages to express spiritual insights in such a simple, gentle way that has an overall message of unity and love. His words on mindfulness are inspirational, and I believe every Christian should read this text to understand the great similarities he rev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30813307">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[His simple explanations and presentations of buddhist ideas are extremely well done; however, his comparisons with jesus and christian beliefs are somewhat lacking. I feel like there are a lot of comparisons he misses, and some that he makes are off the mark.<br/><br/>Still, an excellent book if s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13837036">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an absolutely amazing book. I have so many reference tags that i might as well put one big tag on the whole book!!! Many people can benefit and learn from mr. Hanh as he is really building a much needed bridge between to opposing religions and making the best and truth obvious.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a series of lectures/homilies/sermons this is an average read.  I respect the author immensely as an advocate of peace and communication.  I was hoping for a thought experiment about Christ and Buddha as brothers as opposed to this.  The title built me up and left me wanting more.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was written by a Buddhist monk exiled from Vietnam who also considers himself a Christian. It's crazy how similar the two religions are. In general, I think they believe in a lot of the same things. They just tend to phrase the beliefs a little differently.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fascinating little read.  I'm no christian, but I found the story of both the Buddha and Jesus really captivating. I highly recommend this and the other TNH Jesus/Buddha book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think TNH's central thesis here is that Jesus and Christianity would be much better if they were more like Buddha and Buddhism.  He has a facile reading of Christianity and it rankles.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to the audio and didn't get much out of it. I might pick up the books though and see how that hits me. Sometimes it makes a difference.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good book to bridge between Buddhism and Christianity. It brings forth the understanding and living trully and fully as who you are.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book! I am a zen buddhist/christian and the comparisons between Jesus and Buddha were so close in many cases.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[DEEP!  Short book, but a lot can be extrapolated from each page.   Very profound.]]></body>
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