A thorough academic survey of Zen by a practitioner later to be a master. Puts Zen into its historical contexts evolving from Buddhism and influenced by Yoga, Taoism, Confucianism, technology, modernity, and into the future. Explores Zen schools, humor in Zen, its influences on science and psychology. Complete with chronologies of Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist, and religions and philosophies linked to Vedism. 227 entry glossary is regularly referenced by dozens of online Buddhist resources.

From Here To... eternity, insanity... whatever your judgment decrees of 205 love poems for most any occasion-especially romance and occasionally romance gone awry. Sorted alphabetically for convenience. Verse shapes emptiness makes poem Silent dedication true words aplenty to wake a heart Poet's soul parts the words let's love in

From duende (darkness) to beauty to depth, the caterpillar struggles, evolves, and ultimately finds freedom to live and love in. 156 coming of age into love and adulthood poems divided into four volumes of dark, darker, light, and freedom. WONDROUS From great calamity comes great wisdom From great suffering comes great compassion From great ugliness, great beauty comes From the caged flower comes the blind caterpillar only able to crawl, taste and feel From the caterpillar comes the butterfly: unbounded, free, all-seeing From the butterfly comes the flower, and the garden is plentiful No art,...