A large, beautiful basket of meditations essentials: 1) A buckwheat-filled Zafu (meditation cushion)-$55.00 retail value. 2)Tibetan singing bowl and ringer, created from 7 metals and smelted at high temperatures to get its extraordinary timbre. $50.00 value. 3) Handloomed meditation shawl (chaddar) from Bengal. These particular shawls are made by Bengali women who are either handicapped, illiterate, abused or abandoned and were either totally impoverished or who earning their living by begging. As part of the Ramakrishna Order's social service program, these women have been given looms and yarn so they can make their own living and become completely self-sufficient. These large cotton shawls become softer and softer the more they are washed. You feel good just knowing how many women are being uplifted by them! $25.00 value. 3)CD-'Golden Bowls of Compassion'-an ethereal CD of Tibetan singing bowls. Nothing could be more conducive to relaxing and becoming quiet. $16.98 value. 4) Charming shell-shaped incense burner. $14.00 value. 5) Incense. $7.00 value. 6) 4 fragrant sandalwod candles. $5.00 value. 7) Etched-glass pale burgundy votive candle holder. $5.00. 8) Assortment of spiritual books/books on tape. a) Huston Smith's illustrious classic, 'The Illustrated World's Religions. $24.95 b) 'Wisdom of the Zen Masters' $6.95 c) 'Even the Sun Will Die: An Interview with Eckhart Tolle (author of 'The Power of Now')'. Value of $19.95 d) The Hindu Tradtion's engaging classic: 'Vedanta: A Simple Introduction.' $5.95 value. Books' total value: $57.80 TOTAL VALUE OF MEDITATION BASKET: $235.78