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Wasting Energy by Tarthang Tulku 

A Tibetan lama offers simple ideas for increasing your effectiveness in daily life.

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The Waterfall by Shunryu Suzuki 

A great Zen teacher talks about what it really means to be in harmony with nature.

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All-Encompassing Love by Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D. 

You’ve heard the injunction "Love your neighbor as yourself." But how do you go about it? Transpersonal psychologist Roger Walsh offers a simple exercise to help.

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Difficulties on the Way by Karlfried Graf Dürckheim 

Karlfried Graf Dürckheim (1896-1988) was a German nobleman who explored many spiritual paths, including Hinduism, Zen and Jungian psychology. Here is his advice about facing difficulties on the way, from his book The Way of Transformation (London: Allen & Unwin, 1988).

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Something from Nothing by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D. 

Sometimes the best present you can give is nothing.

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Tylenol Prayer Beads by Jarvis Jay Masters 

The central concept in Buddhism that all suffering is due to desire and attachment is particularly striking given the circumstances of Jarvis Jay Masters. Born in 1962 and now an inmate on Death Row in San Quentin Prison, Masters received his Buddhist initiation from a Tibetan lama on the other side of a glass partition, over a telephone. In these selections from his book, Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row, Masters, alone in his cell, contemplates the karma of his own past actions and, in the midst of the daily violence of prison life, dedicates himself to the Buddhist precepts of purifying body, mind, and speech.

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Eastern Lingo for Westerners by Richard Smoley 

Do you know what karma is? Or nirvana? If you’ve been hearing these words and want to know what they mean, here’s a brief glossary.

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