Greetings from Amazon.com Delivers Eastern Religion
Editor, Brian Bruya
[See Crooked Cucumber below as #3 on Amazon's best Eastern religion
books of 1999. Links will take you to Amazon.com's
entry's for these books which includes reviews and all. For Brian Bruya's
review of Crooked Cucumber, go there or check it out here.--DC]
The best books of 1999 are sure to ignite a beacon for the searching
mind. The Dalai Lama introduces a practical moral compass. Jamie Zeppa
changes her life forever by visiting the exotic land of Bhutan. Thich Nhat
Hanh finds a sibling in Christianity. And Daniel Ladinsky dances on clouds
with Sufi poet Hafiz. Cross over to the Eastern realm of wisdom, but wear
your sunglasses--this could get bright.
1. "Ethics for the New Millennium" by the Dalai Lama
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In his "Ethics for the New Millennium," the exiled leader of the
Tibetan people shows how the basic concerns of all people--happiness based
in contentment, appeasement of suffering, and forging meaningful
relationships--can act as the foundation for universal ethics.
2. "The Tao of Abundance: Eight Ancient Principles for Abundant
Living" by Laurence G. Boldt
https://amzn.to/3jgItRL
Bestselling author Laurence Boldt presents a sophisticated alternative to
life as we know it in "The Tao of Abundance," in which he
carefully dismantles the foundations of our consumer society brick by
brick and, more importantly, our unquestioning acceptance of it.
3. "Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu
Suzuki" by David Chadwick
https://amzn.to/33Dkxmy
With David Chadwick's biography of this extraordinary man, Shunryu Suzuki
will take his rightful place as one of the progenitors of American
Buddhism.
4. "Yoga and the Quest for the True Self" by Stephen Cope
https://amzn.to/2Gkj8b1
"Yoga and the Quest for the True Self" is Stephen Cope's
chronicle of self-discovery, a milestone in the melding of Eastern and
Western methods of personal transformation.
5. "Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers" by Thich Nhat
Hanh
https://amzn.to/33dYmmj
In "Going Home," Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hahn focuses on
fundamental concepts that still drive a wedge between Christianity and
Buddhism--such as rebirth vs. eternal life, God vs. nirvana, and so on.
6. "The Gift" by Hafiz; translated by Daniel Ladinsky
https://amzn.to/3io92mQ
In "The Gift," translator Daniel Ladinsky bestows on us the
impassioned yet whimsical strains of Sufi master Hafiz's ecstasy-filled
poetry.
7. "Beyond the Sky and the Earth" by Jamie Zeppa
https://amzn.to/2HNwzB3
Jamie Zeppa's candid, witty account is a spiritual memoir, a travel diary,
and, more than anything, a romance that retraces the vicissitudes of
ineluctable passion.
8. "Zen Path Through Depression" by Philip Martin
https://amzn.to/36lePHa
Since depression sometimes responds well to drugs, it's natural to think
that, without medicinal intervention, we're helpless in the face of it.
Like John Tarrant's groundbreaking "Light Inside the Dark,"
Philip Martin's "The Zen Path Through Depression" offers a
powerful alternative.
9. "Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from
Scratch" by Surya Das
https://amzn.to/30l64sK
In "Awakening to the Sacred," Surya Das heightens his efforts to
increase the planet's spirituality quotient by teaching people how to take
advantage of their own spiritual resources.
10. "Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion" by Stephen P.
Huyler
https://amzn.to/30gHcTd
"Meeting God" is the culmination of Stephen Huyler's travels
throughout the Indian subcontinent, documenting in vivid photographs the
panoply of Hindu devotional practices.
--Brian Bruya is a comparative philosopher, writer, and translator. His
latest publication is "The Wisdom of the Zen Masters."
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