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BURTON WATSON, an occasional professor at Columbia University and a regular resident of Japan, is a prolific and masterful translator of Chinese and Japanese. His earliest works appeared in the sixties and were translations of Chinese classics, ranging from the Records of the Grand Historian of China (Columbia University Press, 1961) to The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu (Columbia University Press: 1968). But in addition to translations of histories, prose, and Taoist texts, there are at least half a dozen publications of Watson's translations of Chinese and Japanese poetry, all of which remain in print. More »

Mindfulness Yoga:The Awakened Union of Breath, Body and MindFrank Jude BoccioBoston: Wisdom Publications, 2004341 pp.; illustrated; $19.95 (paper) Yoga Body, Buddha MindCyndi LeeNew York: Riverhead Books, August 2004320 pp.; illustrated; $15.00 (paper) The Tibetan Book of Yoga: AncientBuddhist Teachings on the Philosophyand Practice of YogaMichael RoachNew York: Doubleday, 2004114 pp.; illustrated; $15.95 (cloth) Sneaking Hatha Yoga into a Buddhist practice used to be a guilty pleasure, like nibbling a secret stash of chocolate during a meditation retreat. In recent years, however, that attitude has begun to melt away, as these two practices—long separated by geography and sectarianism—cross-pollinate in the Western spiritual landscape. More »