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.
…because I have it only to the extent that I can give it away, that I can give it up and to I'm quoting Gary Snyder Up and to all others. But in order that people may master these disciplines and this is the responsibility of the older generation it…
…say oh yes, definitely. In other words you can't be effectively engaged in political life unless you do practice mental silence. Gary Snyder puts it very well. He says you can't work well for ecological causes unless you realize in the first place that…
…I work extremely actively. But I'm also sympathetic to people in all sorts of other fields. But this has to be understood. Gary Snyder the poet, said once to me: you cannot work effectively in the realm of good ecology unless first you realize that it…
…while and win until death destroys you and you lose everything you know you can't take it with you. That reminds me it's funny. Gary Snyder is a great friend of mine. He's a poet from the west coast and he's a very good Zen Student. He's studying at…
…we do something in the way of political action, we must do it with a certain sense of detachment, as if it didn't matter. Gary Snyder the poet who's a great friend of mine, has said that to do good ecological work you must in the first place realize…
…life? Oh yes, definitely. In other words you can't be effectively engaged in political life unless you do practice mental silence. Gary Snyder puts it very well. He says you can't work well for ecological causes unless you realize in the first place that…
…life? Oh yes definitely. In other words you can't be effectively engaged in political life unless you do practice mental silence. Gary Snyder puts it very well he says you can't work well for ecological causes unless you realize in the first place that…
…I work extremely actively. But I'm also sympathetic to people in all sorts of other fields. But this has to be understood. Gary Snyder the poet, said once to me: you cannot work effectively in the realm of good ecology unless first you realize that it…
…the Oracle. We have Alan Ginsberg, poet and rabbinic sadhu. We have Timothy Leary, about whom nothing needs to be said, and Gary Snyder, also poet Zen Monk and old friend of many years. Everybody is all bugged because they think one the dropout thing…
…reify, that is to make a thing out of something that isn't there at all, like saying: have an absence. Oh boy, Gary Snyder invented a corporation that's called the null and void guarantee and trust company and it's slogan was: register your absence with…
…was: register your absence with us. And so I had some business cards made up for him which put at the bottom Gary Snyder Non representative. But this is of course Zen Humour, because Zen people are always joking about things not really being there at…
…we do something in the way of political action, we must do it with a certain sense of detachment, as if it didn't matter. Gary Snyder the poet who's a great friend of mine, has said that to do good ecological work you must in the first place realize…
…because I have it only to the extent that I can give it away, that I can give it up and to I'm quoting Gary Snyder Up and to all others. But in order that people may master these disciplines and this is the responsibility of the older generations it…
…because there's no hurry. In this way now the world is transformed. In this way you might have a utopia, because, as Gary Snyder, my friend has put it, there is no possibility of your doing anything effective to save this world from a terrifying…
…about this book with a wonderful Zen master who I think is really a magnificent person, called Morimoto, and I had Gary Snyder as an interpreter, and he's a magnificent interpreter because he has a wonderful command of Japanese and an equally good…
…is a very definite wish to, as it were join the American Indians to get rid of concrete to go back to green grass. As Gary Snyder put it the other day when you want to go from sausalito to big sur, don't take the freeway, don't even take the side…