c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…saying. And banke said: come closer and I'll explain it to you. And this man began to weave his way through the crowd. Banke said: come closer still still closer, come right here and he came right up. Banke said: you see you understand me perfectly. So…
…began to weave his way through the crowd. Banke said: come closer still still closer, come right here and he came right up. Banke said: you see you understand me perfectly. So the feeling then is that the nirvikalpa samadhi is the state of just perfectly…
…heard anybody else teach this truth before me of course not. A priest said to him: once in the buddha mind, I'm absent minded. Banke says: well suppose you're absent minded as you say. If someone pricked you in the back with a gimlet would you feel the…
…And trying to uh realize your buddha nature by some sort of uh egocentric effort is like trying to wash off blood with blood. Banke in his teaching, very much emphasized uh the way in which you have this root in you by such things as this he would…
…Priest was standing on the fringe of a crowd uh listening to banke and he said: I don't understand a single word you're saying. Banke said: will you come closer and I'll explain it to you? And so this priest walked into the crowd and banke said: come…
…on come closer. And he came closer, come closer still and he came closer please closer still and he was right next to banke. Banke said how well you understand me and he emphasized, in other words, that we have what he called husho, the unborn mind in…
…gakkai movement this priest said standing right in the back of the audience he said: I don't understand a word you are saying. Banke said: come closer and I'll explain it to you. And he moved in. He said: closer still, still closer. The man came…