The writer has been brought up in a family where texts of the Upanishads are used in daily worship; and he has had before him the example of his father, who lived his long life in the closest communion with God, while not neglecting his duties to the world, or allowing his keen interest in all human affairs to suffer any abatement. So in these papers, it may be hoped, western readers will have an opportunity of coming into touch with the ancient spirit of India as revealed in our sacred texts and manifested in the life of to-day.

    In DID I EVER WAKE UP? The drummer turned rapper offers his advice on how to succeed in life, just as he's done. Born and raised in Minnesota, mod's philosophy is about pulling up your bootstraps and taking control of your existence. No one can do it for you. Like he says in chapter 6, "There is no such thing as hard." Positive thinking can provide the impetus to do great things. Reading this book is one big step in that direction.

    Here the immediacy of Chuang Tzu's language is restored in a idiom that is both completely fresh and true to the original text. This unique collaboration between one of America's premier poet-translators and a leading Chinese scholar presents the so-called "Inner Chapters" of the text, along with important selections from other chapters thought to have been written by Chuang Tzu's disciples.