Vipassana in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality, and it is one of the world's most ancient forms of meditation. Courses in the technique are offered around the world, and author Robert Crayola describes his experiences at one such course in this detailed essay, providing a thorough accounting of the pros and cons involved. This book will help you decide if the course is right for you, and includes information on taking the course yourself.

Book 1 in the Ueda Sensei Chronicles.Ueda Sensei is a bizarre martial artist. Aided by Otto, his janitor, he penetrates the strangest of crimes to be found in San Francisco in 32 tales of sex and brutality, obliterating the mystery genre with wit and unnecessary violence, acting as equal parts homage and parody of Sherlock Holmes, Encyclopedia Brown, and other great sleuths - and with his unorthodox solutions and slippery logic, Ueda Sensei is destined to rank among such legends. Th...

Discover the power of prayer for immediate results, taking your wealth, health, relationships, and happiness to undreamed of new levels. This booklet contains concise and clear instructions you can use now to improve your life.

Are you making the best decisions to guarantee your success? Cheat Codes For Life is a cookbook for success in all areas of your life: wealth, health, relationships, work, and happiness. Robert Crayola clearly presents 35 key areas to direct your energy and gives you specific techniques and exercises to get you results immediately. * Hundreds of principles that guarantee effortless success * Hints and Tricks to get your Money situation straightened out and working for you * How to identify...

BOOK 4 IN THE UEDA SENSEI CHRONICLESThe final volume of the Ueda Sensei Chronicles. With the usual gang of miscreants: Otto Knuckle, Ueda Sensei, Myra Meeplehead, William the Conqueror, Lt. Mongro, and more. Fun for the whole family.

Robert Crayola presents a volume of 50 all-new stories, spanning a variety of genres, all infused with dark humor.

BOOK 3 IN THE UEDA SENSEI CHRONICLESUeda Sensei and Otto Knuckle return for another round of ultraviolent antics, this time traveling to New York for a miserable work vacation. Along the way they'll meet old friends, make new ones, and face an endless onslaught of ne'er-do-wells.

Everything you need to begin your lifestyle as an actor: 18 short plays by Robert Crayola."These scenes were designed with the neophyte actor in mind. Most theater requires effort, practice, timing, and skill. Not these scenes. I have done the hard work so that you can sit back, relax, and let the theater magic take care of itself. It really is that easy. Just give the lines a once over, show up, and I will take care of the rest. When it's your turn to speak, read the lines. You ca...

The story of Dr. Jew, an unscrupulous lecher who will go to any length to achieve fame and power in a diseased world of glitter. A dark comedy of a reality not unlike our own, with hints of William Faulkner, William S. Burroughs, Vladimir Nabokov, and the most lurid pulp fiction.

Book 2 in the Ueda Sensei Chronicles.Ueda Sensei and Otto return in a new round of adventures that delve into Ueda's dark past and explore the strangest corners of San Francisco and beyond. Not for the mellow-hearted.

In 1975, Lama Yeshe undertook his most extensive international teaching tour, being on the road for nearly nine months. During this time he gave many and varied teachings, a few of which have already been published in Becoming Your Own Therapist, Make Your Mind an Ocean and The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind.This book contains the teachings and meditations Lama gave at a five-day retreat he led near Melbourne, Australia, which he introduced by saying:"Whether or not ...

This book contains methods for transforming everyday actions into the cause of enlightenment, anger into patience, and the ordinary view of phenomena as inherently existent into the wisdom realizing emptiness. It also includes several meditations led by Rinpoche, although everything in the book is a topic for meditation.It would be hard to find a simpler, clearer, more practical explanation of the two fundamental paths of compassion and wisdom than the one Lama Zopa offers us here....