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Published on November 18, 2007

Reading: ‘The Prophet’ by Kahlil Gibran

“I’ve been going through ‘The Prophet’ for a second time. I have a reason to do this. For me there are two kinds of books. The first are those that you read once and throw away. The second are the books that you read, then want to read again and again. ‘The Prophet’ belongs to the latter category. There are always hidden ideas waiting to be discovered. What I love most about it is that it’s both timeless and essentially truthful. You tend to get a new perspective from the same old paragraphs as you grow older. I’ve found that the author’s brand of truth is not really different from the dharma of the Lord Buddha. If you understand Gibran, you will understand the ideas of the late Buddhadasa, as the two share many basic philosophical ideas.”