Melanie's Reviews > Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

I really enjoyed this story and thought it was very well written. However, I didn't like the violence in the story and was especially sad for the female characters who always ended up with the worst story and the worst fate. They either died, or were raped and died, or had to live in suffering.

I'm not sure I fully understood Buddha's path to enlightenment, it was difficult to get the meaning of his journey in it's entirety, but I did like the descriptions and the sensations of his soul travelling beyond the world. If there is a specific message in this story though, I think I missed it. Or maybe my mistake was looking for one?

One theme I liked in the novel was focusing on our present, and removing worry, stress and anxiety about the past or future. I think it's something we need to work at and be mindful of in our daily lives. If we can take a minute everyday to let the world around us drop away and just focus on the sensations we're feeling in the moment, I think it can help us become more peaceful.