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Book Review: The Peace Approach by Alok Tripathi

Peace should be the rudimentary foundation of our life. With peace in our life, we not only live with ourselves with great contentment but also treat others with respect and value. Being a peaceful person is a big responsibility. We all crave for it, at all phases of our lives, however, only a few can live with it. Keeping life simple, peace follows inevitably. Contemplation for peace isn’t a ferocious drive; it has to be done calmly and deviously with steps. And there are ways to attain peace in life, in every walk of life. How? Is that so simple?


The book ‘The Peace Approach’ by Alok Tripathi can be your timely help. It is an extensive and comprehensively easy book to understand all about peace and how you can invite it in your life. The process is simple, the author having a vast experience of life of both sad and blissful phases and widely travelled across the world, shares the approaches that can bring peace in your life in just 31 steps.

The book, unlike much self-help material, focuses on simple aspects of life. Its value and lessons are driven from the author’s personal experiences, from Buddha preaching, from Japanese culture, and from holy Hindu scriptures like Vedas and Puranas. The book brims with relevant stories and tales that make sense of perfect analogy in any situation.

Alok has been careful in delivering the learning in a simple lucid way. Thus, at the end of each chapter, there is a summary in points. Even if you missed a point or so in the lesson, the summary will help you recover it. The approaches in the book are simply unbelievable – because mostly are coming from our day-to-day life.

 You must have come across the popular saying – don’t run away from yourself. Exactly, the same concept is covered in the first approach – Face your Problems. Next, is about connecting with friends and people, in short it is saying being connected is healthy and gives a sense of company and unity in our life. The chapter on Joy of Giving – isn’t it we have been hearing it since our school time. So, don’t be befuddled: Alok has touched upon many common-to-sound advices and showed with examples and tales how tiny nuisances of life plays major role in delivering peace in life.

Undoubtedly, the book is full of take-aways. However, teachings from Buddha and Japanese culture will broaden your vista towards the peace approach. For instance, Nirodha is a beautiful teaching from Buddha. It means stopping negative thoughts entering our life. Ikigai is a famous Japanese way for a peaceful life. The author has elaborated with insightful inputs. The chapter on Panch Tattvas is extremely useful, got driven from our Hindu scriptures.

The Peace Approach by Alok Tripathi delves deep in the psychic of human heart and mind and actuates a process that can bring ultimate happiness and peace to life. The scaffold of the book is built on simple narrative. It pinpoints the major highlights, keeps confusion away, and delivers the teachings in the best way. The book has the power to transform millions of lives caught in the storm of hedonism, seeking to satiate their unbridled desires while posing a semblance of peace in their lives.

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