Alan Watts
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The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
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.
…Bodhidharma There's rather an important story about his interview with his first and only disciple. This was a Chinese by the name of Huike, who came to Bodhidharma with the usual trouble that afflicts us all. He said, master I have no peace of mind and…
…pacify my mind. And Bodhidharma, who was a gruff old boy said: bring your mind out here before me I'll pacify it. And Huike said: but when I look for my mind I can't find it. Bodhidharma said: there, it's pacified. And immediately Huike had an insight…
…pacify it. And Huike said: but when I look for my mind I can't find it. Bodhidharma said: there, it's pacified. And immediately Huike had an insight into the meaning of Zen, because you see, when he tried to realize as something actual and concrete and…
…other words it wasn't there. Now the man who is even more responsible for the development of Chinese Zen Than Bodhidharma is known as Huike, who lived in the 8th century, died in 713, and this picture of him by liang kai shows him at his profession, if…