I first heard of David Cheng about 1974 from my first Tai Chi teacher, Vaunda Carter. David had been her teacher. When Vaunda moved out of town several years later, I took classes from Huang Wen Chi, a former head instructor at a martial arts college in China. When Professor Huang moved to Seattle, another […]
Category: Teachers
Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniya Swami
Back in the late 60’s I was in a metaphysical bookstore and I saw a large box on a top shelf that was entitled “The Master Course”. I said to myself, “I want to be a master!” and bought the course. It contained 12 cassettes of Gurudeva speaking and transcriptions of the cassettes. I devoured […]
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Back in the late ’70s the Hindu teacher, Swami Dayananda Saraswati came to town and gave a series of lectures on the philosophical concepts and perspectives in Hindu scriptures such as the Vedas, the Puranas, Bhagavad Gita, and Upanishads. Also in attendance was my buddy and fellow musician, Allan and, unbeknownst to me, the woman […]