Buddhism

Originally published in hardback, c2000 -- T.p. verso.

Beyond the House of the False Lama chronicles the adventures of George Crane -- a wanderer, poet, romantic, and not-so-good student of Zen Buddhism who travels the globe in search of life's purpose.

In this elegant self-portrait, the world’s most outspoken and influential spiritual leader recounts his epic and engaging life story.

Over the course of nineteen essays, Alan Watts ruminates on the philosophy of nature, ecology, aesthetics, religion, and metaphysics. Assembled in the form of a “mountain journal,” written during a retreat in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais, Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown is Watts’s meditation on the art of feeling out and following the watercourse way of nature, known in Chinese as the Tao.

"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action."--"Samurai Maximum,"
Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams ...

With warmth and simplicity, Don’t Give Up Until You Do presents key experiences of the Buddhist path in a down-to-earth fashion. Dr. Fred Meyer shares his wholehearted approach to attaining enlightenment and offers guidance, free of religiosity, on central Buddhist insights?from the spiritual power of humor to the dangers of possessive love to the challenge of experiencing egolessness.