Nicole Riggs: Like An Illusion: Lives of the Shangpa Kagyu Masters
Accounts of the lives of the Masters of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. This lineage is alive and well and was well represented in the past years by Bokar Rinpoche and Kalu Rinpoche, both very brilliant teachers.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche: Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
A wonderful window on life in Tibet prior to the Chinese invasion in 1959. Incredible insight into the lives of many very high Lamas. Amazing!!!
Jim Baggott: A Beginners Guide to Reality
A tour of how our minds create reality...
David Chadwick: To Shine One Corner of the World : Moments with Shunryu Suzuki
Suzuki Roshi at his finest. Collected by David Chadwick
Wei Wu Wei: All Else Is Bondage : Non-Volitional Living
Probably the best and most direct exposition of Zen Buddhist philosophy I have ever encountered. All of his books are equally worth reading.
Enigma: Le roi est mort, VIVE le roi
Ambient, New Age? A great listening album.
Cure: Disintegration
In my opinion, the best album of the 80's. Robert Smith's style of playing the 6 string bass is inspired. Prepare to be depressed, it's good for you.
Harold Budd/Brian Eno: the Pearl
Classic ambient, produced by Daniel Lanois
Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto: Casa
Paula Morelenbaum sings, Jaques Morelenbaum plays cello, and Ryuichi Sakamoto plays piano. They play the works of Antonio Carlo Jobim in his house using his piano. An incredibly fine tribute to one of the giants of Brazilian music. Click Here To see this album
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Czeslaw Milosz: A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry
This anthology is aptly named.
Charles Wright: A Short History of the Shadow: Poems
Charles is a fine poet, His poems are sensitive and illuminating.
Peter Dale Scott: Minding the Darkness: A Poem for the Year 2000
An epic poem by a poet who is a Buddhist and a researcher of the US government's secret activities. An extraordinary piece of literature!
Christopher Buckley: The Geography of Home: California's Poetry of Place (California Poetry Series)
An anthology of California poets, a great collection
Octavio Paz: The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987: Bilingual Edition
a crystal willow, a poplar of water,
a tall fountain the wind arches over,
a tree deep-rooted yet standing still,
a course of a river that turns, moves on,
doubles back, and comes full circle,
forever arriving;
