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Why the Chicken Crossed the Road: & Other Hidden Enlightenment Teachings from the Buddha to Bebop to Mother Goose
By Dean Sluyter and Maggy Sluyter (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher J P Tarcher
Publication date February 1, 1998
Pages 272
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780874779059
ISBN-10 0874779057
Dimensions 0.75 by 6 by 7.25 in.
Weight 0.60 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $12.95
§As reported by publisher
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In thirty-three short, illustrated chapters, a humorous and revealing collection illuminates the insights into spirituality and the nature of the universe latent in popular songs, jingles, jokes, sayings, and nursery rhymes. Original. 15,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: You're invited to join in the seriously playful adventure of "digging the cosmic ordinary"-exploring our own cultural backyard to discover the profound enlightenment teachings hidden there in plain sight. In thirty-three illustrated mini-chapters, meditation teacher Dean Sluyter reveals the startling, sometimes hilarious connections between the highest revelations and the lowliest jingles, jokes, and cliches: *"Knock-Knock, Who's There?" teaches the same process of radical self-inquiry advocated by Hindu masters;
*"Mary Had a Little Lamb" expounds the way of love and devotion as eloquently as the Gospels;
*"Home on the Range" celebrates the anarchic freedom of enlightenment; and
*"Easy Does It," a principle as precise as E=mc2, describes both the workings of the universe and the mechanics of meditation. The author shows us that Christ and Buddha bring the same good news of cosmic liberation-and so do B. B. King, Mother Goose, Mick Jagger, and Alfred E. Neuman. And he shares spiritual exercises (some traditional, some home-brewed) that are powerfully transformative.

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9780874779059 | details & prices | 272 pages | 6.00 × 7.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Looks at the enlightenment teachings hidden in everyday sayings, songs, and jokes in Western culture, including knock-knock jokes, nursery rhymes, and children's finger-play rhymes

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