In a nutshell, this book is 125 pages of putting together people, things and our world in the right perspective, making sense of our chaotic world and how to conquer the biggest problem of our life - ourselves, and the way we run our lives. It is 125 pages of unpatented, non-copyrighted profound but yet simple fundamental wisdom as taught by the historical Buddha. The message is delivered through a hard hitting conversation with the author, wittyly written in the language of our time.

I have got a dozen comments to share on what this book is NOT :
1. NO teaching of new meditation technique
2. NO new mantra to learn
3. NOT a nice soft and motherly conversation with the author
4. NOT propagation & hard selling of religious hocus pocus
5. NOT boring stuff written to replace your sleeping pills
6. NOT not another profound and hard to understand Zen story
7. NOT another story about the Life of the Buddha or a parody
8. NO you do not need to be a Buddhist to read this book or benefit from
reading it (IMHO non-Buddhists get the best value)
9. NO you do not need to read another Buddhist book to understand or benefit from this work
10.NO you do not need to agree or disagree with the author.
11.NO you would not fall asleep reading the 125 pages of gripping truth.
12.NO it is not written to "convert" you or anyone into becoming a Buddhist.

And half a dozen more comments to share on what this book IS about :
i. It is about simple but RAW HARD truth about life according to the FOUR
DHARMA SEALS or FOUR DHARMA IMPRINTS
ii. It is about HARD truth of life that may hurt us & the truth always
hurts. Ouch.
iii. It is about our deluded mind and the problems we create for ourselves
iv.It is about how we, Buddhists & Non-Buddhists alike
cling on and attach to to our delusion.
v. It is about how to live with a pure mind & right motivation in this
increasely chaotic, and seemingly insane world populated with
countless confused and deluded beings like ourselves. The truth is not
out there it is either it is within, it's always been present in our
luminous nature.
vi.It's about becoming a real Buddhist by going back to understanding and
practising the very basic of Buddha's teachings-the four dharma seals.

If you every come across this short and bring us down-to-earth book don't ever give it a miss,take it from the shelf, browse and read it! Whatever views of the author which would not make sense to you after reading the book either in parts or in its entirety, would eventually make sense to you when the conditions arise and would surely impact your life positively.
Taken from: http://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-You-Not-B...t/dp/1590304063