Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

 So what it is to think like a monk?

Is it being a minimalist? 

Is it going to any secluded place and meditate? 

Is it staying away from materialistic world?

Is it to live with basic amenities?

Is it to live in monasteries?

Well, there are so many questions. Let´s read this book together and find how to think like a monk :)

Introduction (Summary)

 When Jay was eighteen years old, in his first year of college, at Cass Business School in London, one of his friends asked him to go with him to hear a monk give a talk. 

He resisted. “Why would I want to go hear some monk?”, he said. 

Finally, he agrees.

But that night, as he listened to the monk talk about his experience, Jay fell in love. 

The guru on stage was a thirty-something Indian man. His head was shaved and he wore a saffron robe. He was intelligent, eloquent, and charismatic. He spoke about the principle of “selfless sacrifice.” When he said that we should plant trees under whose shade we did not plan to sit, Jay felt an unfamiliar thrill run through his body.

Afterward, Jay pushed his way through the crowds to tell the monk how amazing he was, and how much he’d inspired him. “How can I spend more time with you?” Jay asked.

 Jay felt the urge to be around people who had the values that he wanted, not the things he wanted. The monk told him that he was traveling and speaking in the UK all that week, and he was welcome to come to the rest of his events. And so Jay did.