In this first interview of our third year, TSTB pays a return visit to the person who kicked things off for us in 2020 -- award-winning author Dean Sluyter. A grateful student of Eastern and Western sages in several traditions, Sluyter has completed numerous pilgrimages and retreats in India, Tibet, Nepal, and the West. He has also taught meditation since 1970, from maximum security prisons to the Guatemalan rainforest. Sluyter's latest book, "The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics," reflects his lifelong exploration of the awakening process as well as his years as a prep school English teacher. His other books include "Fear Less," "Natural Meditation," "The Zen Commandments," and "Cinema Nirvana." #meditation #enlightenment #yoga #easternphilosophy #easternclassics #stories #storytelling #buddhistmeditation #dharmastories #greatgatsby #madmagazine #alfredeneuman #thecatinthehat #drseuss #marktwain #huckleberryfinn #frederickdouglass