No Way: for the Siritually Advanced

by Ram Tzu

Ram Tzu says, 'Ram Tzu is accessible from many levels of misunderstanding. 'Serious students of enlightenment are in for a wild ride with this little book. The ironic appeal of the subtitle 'For The Spiritually Advanced' barely hints at how little Ram Tzu is impressed by individual spiritual achievement. The 97 free verse poems in No Way are incredibly funny, but for seekers they may also seem paradoxical, heretical, penetrating and insightful. If you re lucky, you ll recognize yourself in its pages - it s good to see when you ve been taking yourself a little too seriously. One minute you ll howl with laughter at people s pretenses, and the next you ll squirm self-consciously as Ram Tzu gleefully points out that you, like the fabled emperor, also wear no clothes. This widely quoted book is guaranteed not to produce any 'self-improvement' in you at all. It has original line drawings by Ted Kingdon, and in Wayne Liquorman's Introduction, he claims not to know who Ram Tzu really is, but don t you believe it.

Genres: Poetry

138 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 1990

Reviews

[Niranjan Navalgund · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Ram Tzu knows this...
You can only be lost
if you are trying
to get somewhere"

"Ram Tzu knows this...
Everytime
You find an answer.
The question
No longer seems important!"

The book is filled with such quotes and lines. An interesting read - but not for everyone :)

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

You could say these 97 little poems by Ram Tzu are a parody of the Tao Te Ching, but they are better than Lao Tzu's venerable treasure! They are modern, hip, irreverent and 100% on point. One after the other they will delight you as they destroy you...

"...Here and now is the great evaporator
Poof...you're gone.
Surprising isn't it?
All that time you thought you were
You really weren't.

Poof...back again so soon?
Guess the illusion wasn't finished
With you after all.

If you learned anything
You'll know it doesn't
Make any difference.

Ram Tzu certainly doesn't care."

[Jim Lavis · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is so bad it doesn't deserve a review.

[Gjalt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overwegend “onbegrijpelijk”, en dat is waarschijnlijk ook de bedoeling 😇

[Mitchelle Rozario · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you think you know yourself, think again…

[Jonas Stepanik · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. I'm standing in my own way
2. What I seek I never find
3. All the words are empty
4. "No one ever got enlightened"
5. I will never stop suffering

[John Chancey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very thought provoking read. Everything you know is bullshit. Nobody really knows.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

So good. Funny and insightful.

[Max Nemtsov · Rating 5 out of 5]

один из лучших переводных поэтических сборников, что мне попадались в последнее время

[Gort · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Matej Rumanovský · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my g̶o̶d̶ Ram Tzu.

[Cherniakhivska]

"В дыру нужно бросить тебя."