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Entertainment for Life—The Fort Version (2020)Some books which have meant a lot to me (in approximate chronological order):The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (and the movies!)The works of Charles DickensThe works of Mark Twain from Huck Finn onCollected Poems of T. S. EliotInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonShakespeare’s comedies and tragediesThe Sacred Canopy by Peter BergerThe Way of Zen by Alan WattsThe Only Dance There Is by Ram DassWhat the Buddha Taught by Walpola RahulaShantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara (Entering the Path of Enlightenment)In Praise of Krishna by Edward Dimock and Denise LevertovHabits of the Heart by Robert Bellah et al.The Road Less Traveled by Scott PeckWho Dies? by Stephen LevineBeing Peace by Thich Nhat HanhBuddhism After Patriarchy by Rita GrossA Path With Heart by Jack KornfieldThe Feeling of What Happens by Antonio DamasioPhilosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism by Dale WrightBuddhist Practice on Western Ground by Harvey AronsonBuddha’s Brain by Rick HansonMeditation and the Classroom, edited by Fran Grace and Judith Simmer-BrownFocusing by Eugene GendlinAging as a Spiritual Practice by Lewis RichmondPlease Understand Me II by David KeirseyWaking, Dreaming, Being by Evan ThompsonThe Phenomenological Mind 2nd ed. by Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi.Various books on the Time Space Knowledge vision by Tarthang TulkuMovies/Videos you might have missed: Koyaanisqatsi, Peter Brook’s Mahabharata, anything by Akira Kurosawa or Chaplin, Fantasia and Yellow Submarine, Samsara. I’m a softie for Star Wars movies.Old favorites: Casablanca, Godfather I and II, On the Waterfront, Animal HouseWar movies: Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, PlatoonSome great places to travel: New York City, the SF Bay area, New Orleans, HawaiiVermont and the U. S. national parks (especially Yosemite and Canyonlands)Paris, Barcelona, Istanbul, Kyoto, Hangzhou, Borobudur, almost anywhere in IndiaEpitaph: “We shall not cease from exploration/And the end of all our exploring/ Will be to arrive where we started/And know the place for the first time” T. S. Eliot, Little GiddingAt the eternal banquet, I would sit between: the Buddha and ConfuciusAnd invite Shankara, Nagarjuna, Dogen, Jesus, and Charles DarwinThe music of the spheres: Jimi Hendrix, Greatest Hits collection (the one CD on a desert island)The Beatles from Revolver through Abbey RoadThe Rolling StonesCreamThe Who, esp. Baba O’RileyBob Dylan, esp. The Times They Are A’Changin’Traffic, Dear Mr. FantasyLoveGreatest Hits of The Four Seasons and Young RascalsThe first Doors and Led Zeppelin albums (and When the Levee Breaks)Santana, CaravanseraiNeil YoungJoni MitchellJackson BrowneStevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of LifeMarvin Gaye, What’s Goin’ OnElvis Costello, esp. Armed ForcesLeonard Cohen, the original DudeLou Reed, esp. Magic and LossThe Essential Paul Simon The Essential Bruce SpringsteenTexas guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughn and Eric JohnsonTalking Heads, Once in a LifetimeVan Morrison, Tupelo HoneyBilly BraggJoan Osborne, One of UsJohn Coltrane, A Love SupremeStephen SondheimBeethoven’s symphonies and piano concertosBach, Haydn, and MozartMahavishnu Orchestra and ShaktiRavi Shankar, Debashish Bhattacharya and sitar music generallyVideos: Outkast, Hey Ya! Party at Quaker meeting: watch?v=-XlMkK4_kTgLittle Know It All, Iggy Pop and Sum 41 Krishna, George Harrison: ................
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