The Path of Direct Awakening: Passages for Meditation
Inspirational passages from the Buddhist and Taoist traditions: lovely, lucid,  accessible. . .   help the reader approach the Absolute directly.  Highly recommended. --Many Rivers Books & Tea, April 25, 2004Ruppenthal's translation was full of Wisdom, Great at heart  full of love. It brought tears to my eyes. --Rediff.com, August 31, 2004This book takes us beyond OM: try exercising your mental muscles and meditate on these readings from Buddhist literature. --Beliefnet.com  July 20, 2004Unique! Weds Buddhism with love of the environment.. practice a time-honored spirutuality based on the world around us. --Psychic Reader Newspaper