Dear Ranjit:

Nice talking to you today.  As I mentioned on the phone, I am editing the completed book now.

SYNOPSIS:
Supersoul:  A Piece of God WIthin Us is the autobiography of Richard Del Connor, a traveling stagehand during the summer of 2013, as he evaluates, comments and shares excerpts of the Bhagavad Gita translated by Swami Prabhupada.    

Richard Del Connor shares the ancient Vedic scriptures he discovered which led him to believe that all humans possess two souls: an individual personal soul plus a small piece of God, the Supersoul which returns to God when we die.  This piece of God is described by Richard as the "black box" of our life that replays our events for our "final judgement." 

Richard, known as "Buddha Zhen" to his Tai Chi and Shaolin Kung Fu students, explains that our relationship with our Supersoul defines our spiritual life.  "Right and wrong" is our harmonizing or conflicting with this second soul within us.

Supersoul is an ancient Hindu concept that will modernize the way people can understand their relationship to God.

Supersoul:  Discovering the Soul of God  is the autobiography of Richard Del Connor, a traveling stagehand during the summer of 2013, as he evaluates, comments and shares excerpts of the Bhagavad Gita translated by Swami Prabhupada.  Richard Del Connor shares the ancient Vedic Scriptures he discovered which led him to believe that all humans possess two souls: an individual personal soul plus a small piece of God, the Supersoul, which returns to God when we die.  This piece of God is described by Richard as the "black box" of our life that replays our events for our "final judgement." 
Richard, known as "Buddha Zhen" to his Tai Chi and Shaolin Kung Fu students, explains that our relationship with our Supersoul defines our spiritual life.  "Right and wrong" is our harmonizing or conflicting with this second soul within us.  Supersoul is an ancient Hindu concept that will modernize the way people can understand their relationship to God.

Amazon.com  BOOK:
Supersoul: Discovering the Soul of God is the autobiography of Richard Del Connor, writing under the author name of Buddha Z.  As a traveling stagehand during the summer of 2013, he evaluates, comments and shares excerpts of the ancient Vedic scriptures he discovered on the way home from working a Kenny Chesney concert at Anaheim Stadium.  Richard, known as "Kung Fu Cowboy" to his fellow stagehands, begins to believe that all humans possess two souls: an individual personal soul plus a small piece of God, the Supersoul which returns to God when we die.  This piece of God is described by Richard as the "black box" of our life that replays our events for our "final judgement." 

Richard, known as "Buddha Zhen" to his Tai Chi and Shaolin Kung Fu students, explains that our relationship with our Supersoul defines our spiritual life.  "Right and wrong" is our harmonizing or conflicting with this second soul within us.

Supersoul is an ancient Hindu concept that will modernize the way people can understand their relationship to God.

ISBN:
978-1-57551-900-5	Supersoul 1 	PDF
978-1-57551-901-2	Supersoul 1	Hardcover
978-1-57551-902-9	Supersoul 1	Paperback
978-1-57551-903-6	Supersoul 1	audiobook
978-1-57551-904-3	Supersoul 1	ebook: Kindle
978-1-57551-905-0	Supersoul 1	ebook: Smashwords
978-1-57551-906-7	Supersoul 1	ebook: Nook
978-1-57551-907-4	Supersoul 1	ebook: iBook

Bhagavad Gita, Hare Krishna, Hindu, reincarnation, American Zen, Kung Fu Cowboy, homeless

http://www.amazon.com/kindle/dp/B00GXOGH5Y/

IMDB BIOGRAPHY:
Richard Del Connor was raised in San Diego, California until he was exiled from the United States in 1970 to St. John's, Newfoundland to live with his uncle, Dr. Richard E. Warner, on the Oxen Pond Game Reserve.  When the government massacred the 600 ducks and wildfowl under his care in retaliation for his uncle's demise of the local DDT industry, 16-year old Richard was taken in by television producer, Sally Kuehn. 

In 1972, after completing a year at MUN Memorial University of Newfoundland, Richard hitchhiked across Canada to return to his hometown where he graduated the Recording Institute of America program to become a recording engineer and record producer for Bonita Studio in Bonita, California in 1974.

In 1978, Richard's rock opera band, The Pauper, moved to Los Angeles to become one of the first punk bands at The Masque in Hollywood.  This power pop band, The Rich, performed Los Angeles night clubs and college concerts.  In 1985, while attending the UCLA Motion Picture Program, his rock opera, Coyote In A Graveyard, was heralded by local celebrities including Michael J Fox.  Los Angeles reviewers began referring to Richard as "The Coyote," and the name stuck.  

As a photographer and cinematographer The Coyote published his photos in magazines and produced music videos for Stanley Clarke, REO Speedwagon, Smokey Robinson, and Quiet Riot.  Working for Apogee Special Effects, Richard also worked on commercials for 7-Up, Traveller's Insurance and Japanese productions.  

New World Pictures had Richard write a screenplay of the rock opera Coyote in a Graveyard.  The soundtrack was almost completed when Richard got one of his Shaolin Records interns pregnant.  His daughter, Caitlin Marie O'Connor, was born January 14, 1991.

Moving to Salt Lake City in 1991 where Caitlin's mother Michelle McCarty was from, resulted in Richard becoming a Mr. Mom until 2011.  While in Utah, Richard became famous for teaching Shaolin Kung Fu and was featured in February 1994 issue of Kung Fu Masters magazine.  

In 1996 Richard founded the Tai Chi Youth nonprofit organization.  In 1998, Richard's son, Rory Dibden O'Connor, was born before he packed up the family to return to California in 1999 where the family lived in a rustic cabin in the Angeles Forest north of Los Angeles.

Still pretending to be a 4-piece band, Richard released the first American Zen album, LEVEL 1 = Peace of Mind, in 2005.  The second album, LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer, was released in 2007.  LEVEL 3 = I Want You To Love Me was released in 2008.  

Under the artist name, Buddha Zhen, Richard released the Tai Chi Magic 1 album in 2009.  Buddha Zhen is his nickname used by his Kung Fu and Tai Chi students of Shaolin Chi Mantis, Buddha Kung Fu, and Tai Chi Youth, all three martial arts systems founded by Richard Del Connor.  His Chinese Buddhist name, Shen-Lang Zhen, translates to "Spirit Wolf of Truth."  

In 2009 Richard received the 3rd degree of Freemasonry.  This led him to write the book, Masonic Kung Fu - Book 1, and produce the American Zen album, LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy Part 1: King Solomon's Temple which was released by his Shaolin Records independent label.  This also led to Richard's newest nickname of Kung Fu Cowboy which inspired the movie Kung Fu Cowboy Rock & Roll Movie 1 to be produced by Shaolin Pictures.

In 2011, Richard moved to Las Vegas to learn Chinese Lion Dancing and began his odyssey as a traveling stagehand and soloist on electric guitar and flute, which he plays similar to Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.  During the 1990s, Richard's booking agent promoted him as, "The best flutist in Utah."

in 2012, Richard published 19 books through Amazon.com Kindle program.  These novels, poetry books, Tai Chi Manuals, and Kung Fu instruction books are released through Shaolin Communications, also owned by Richard Del Connor.  

SCORE SBA summary:
Graduated UCLA Motion Picture Program in 1987.  Wrote Coyote In A Graveyard screenplay based upon rock opera I wrote and was performing in during eighties.  This resulted in my acquiring the nickname, The Hippy Coyote.  In 2013 cowrote screenplay Kung Fu Cowboy Rock & Roll Movie 1 after being stung in the neck by a scorpion while working a Brad Paisley concert near the Mexican border.  Publishing 22nd book, Supersoul, to be released by Shaolin Communications in 2014.

REVIEWS:

Subject: Supersoul Review
From: Scott Karahadian <scottk626@gmail.com>
To: richard@shaolinpictures.com

Insightful and thought-provoking writings on God and religion.

Richard Connor, Buddha Z (also known as the Hippy Coyote of the American Zen rock band) has created an enlightening, personal, and accesible work about the nature of God, and reconciling spirituality with religion. In many ways, I see it as a response to the state of religion in America today. As we've become increasingly wary of religion, less firm and more vague in our overall belief systems, we've become more confused as ever. Here, Connor is attempting to make sense of it all, and he does so in a way that is very accesible and accepting of different schools of thought.

If you are part of a particular religious faith, you should not be dissuaded from reading this book, because it will open your mind to a broader perspective, particularly with it comes to other religions you might not know about. I can say that, as a Christian, reading this book strengthened my faith and broadened my mind and understanding of the world.

Even if you don't reach a new enlightenment through this book, it is valuable as a record of one man's experiences, which are fascinating and well-observed. I admire Connor's candidness in sharing about his life, and the trials of homelessness, poverty and divorce. His triumph over these hardships is inspiring and makes his story of spiritual re-awakening all the more credible and inspiring. 

I recommend this book to everyone.

From: Tulsi Ram <nandineeprods@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: From Tulsi Ram
To: Richard Del Connor The Hippy Coyote <richard@shaolinpictures.com>

Review of book :
Our talented friend Richard del Connor has taken much effort to fully understand and assimilate the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy as expounded by his Grace Srila
A C Bhakthivedanta Prabhupada
in his version and enlightened commentaries of the Hindu Scripture " Bhagavad Gita "
Richard has dwelled deeply on its fine points of spiritual philosophy and
made many intelligent commentaries on his own .
I highly recommend his book to all seekers of the eternal spiritual truth .
Tulsi Ram .

AMAZON.com
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IRRF12U

Supersoul 13: Discovering the Soul of God [Kindle Edition]
Buddha Z (Author), Richard Del Connor (Editor), Shen-Lang Zhen (Illustrator), Buddha Zhen (Narrator), The Hippy Coyote (Photographer)

Book Description
Publication Date:  March 3, 2014

Supersoul 13: Discovering the Soul of God is the autobiography of Richard Del Connor, writing under the author name of Buddha Z. As a traveling stagehand during the summer of 2013, he evaluates, comments and shares excerpts of the ancient Vedic scriptures he discovered on the way home from working a Kenny Chesney concert at Anaheim Stadium. Richard, known as "Kung Fu Cowboy" to his fellow stagehands, begins to believe that all humans possess two souls: an individual personal soul plus a small piece of God, the Supersoul, which returns to God when we die. This piece of God is described by Richard as the "black box" of our life that replays our events for our "final judgement." 

Richard, known as "Buddha Zhen" to his Tai Chi and Shaolin Kung Fu students, explains that our relationship with our Supersoul defines our spiritual life. "Right and wrong" is our harmonizing or conflicting with this second soul within us. 

Supersoul is an ancient Hindu concept that will modernize the way people can understand their relationship to God.

Product Details
File Size 1246 KB
Print Length:  314 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage:  Unlimited
Publisher:  Shaolin Commnications; 1 edition (March 3, 2014)
Sold by:  Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language:  English
ASIN:  B00IRRF12U
Text-to-Speech:  enabled
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Lending:  Enabled

Kindle Price:  $4.99