Book Review - Krishna, Buddha And Lao Tzu Have A Coffee With You by Jana Capri And Charan Diaz

Krishna, Buddha and Lao Tzu have a coffee with you – Jana Capri and Charan Diaz

I will be frank – I bought the book solely influenced by the title. Also, I like reading books based on spirituality and philosophy. And this book? It is a wonderful combination of both.

Picture this scene – a psychologist sits surrounded by three great wise men – Krishna, Buddha and Lao Tzu. He asks them questions that almost every human has ever had and wanted to know the answer to. This is the premise of the whole book.

The authors have wonderfully compiled timeless insights from spiritual texts such as the Dhammapada, the Bhagwad Gita and Tao’s wisdom and provided them as answers to the questions baffling the human mind. The questions do not pertain to any one religion. They are universal in general. More spiritual and philosophical than religious, if you will. To cite one question, how does anger negatively affect our spiritual development.

There are three answers to every question – answers provided by Krishna, Buddha and Lao Tzu. At the end of every chapter, there are self-reflecting journal prompts that the reader can attempt to write on. There is also a section for Notes after every chapter where the readers can write their interpretations and their take-away from the chapter.

The questions are extremely relevant to the current times of chaos, and the answers are brief, concise and timeless in their wisdom.

This book is another revelation that the timeless knowledge shared by the ancient wise to ever walk on this earth, will be relevant for every age and every generation.

Like most non-fiction books, this book deserves to be read in solitude and silence so that we can fully absorb the knowledge the way it is meant to. This is a book that we can return to time and again and yet learn something new.

I absolutely loved this innovative way of compiling timeless insights from ageless texts and sharing them with people in a way that appeals to them. I would definitely recommend this to all those interested in spirituality and philosophy.