Here is a small list of things which have given pleasure. I shall no doubt add more to it over time:
BOOKS:
Journey into Burmese Silence.
Marie Beuzeville Byles
1962
220 pages.
London, Allen & Unwin
An older Australian woman visits Buddhist sites and meditation centers and teachers in S. E. Asia.
Paths to Inner Calm
Marie Beuzeville Byles
1965
208 pages.
London, George Allen & Unwin
The same intrepid Australian woman continues her spiritual travels in S.E. Asia and Japan.
The Monastery of Jade Mountain
Peter Goullart
1961
189 pages.
London : John Murray,
A Russian expatriate finds a spiritual home in Chinese Daoism — China as it used to be.
A Meditator’s Diary
1976
155 pages.
New York, Harper & Row
A Western woman learns meditation in a Thai temple.
QIGONG:
Spring Forest Qigong
http://www.springforestqigong.com/index.htm
Simple and non-stressful practices taught by a very nice man.
MOVIES / DVD
Amongst White Clouds
Edward A. Berger
Cosmos Pictures, Canada
A visit to monks and nuns in the mountains of China. These are not “show” monks, or tourist temples, or weekend hobbyists, but real people very serious about spiritual practice amid Nature in a life of poverty and simplicity. I found this film quite by chance in the library one day.
http://www.amongstclouds.com/
