AUTOGRAPH LETTER (AL)

Boulder, CO, 14 June 1983 (from postmark). Letter. Folds from mailing. Near Fine. On both sides of a letter on 6" x 9" lined paper to Ginsberg asking if he were still involved with the Hare Krishnas, he responds: "Not since 1968-- No-- I like Bhaktivedanta Swami Dispite [sic] his hard-shell Baptist style orthodoxy-- but I don't follow their theistic approach and I do follow Buddhist meditation practice Take a look at Chogyam Trungpa's books-- MEDITATION IN ACTION and CUTTING THRU SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM published -- Shambhala Press, Boulder. or see NEW AGE JOURNAL June 1983 for my meditation activities. or read BEGINNERS MIND, ZEN MIND by Suzuki Roshi (not D. T. Suzuki) OK--" With the envelope hand-addressed by Ginsberg with the return address of the Naropa Institute. While not signed by the poet, interesting content.