Alan Watts
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.
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.
…Camel would say and some of the best thinkers of our time, like Margaret Mead, Joseph Camel, Alan Watts, Bernie Siegel, Huston Smith and Deepak Chopra, have understood this mission and enthusiastically participated in my films. Zen the best of Alan Watts is…
…aspect of Zen, and I want you to try and understand the blending of ritual with simplicity. First of all there was a Huston Smith you know who's a professor of philosophy at MIT was traveling in Japan and a Zen master was showing him around and he…
…every time they passed the image of a buddha or bodhisattva in the temple, the Zen master stopped and bowed to it. And Huston Smith said: I can't understand why you go through this ritual of bowing to things. I thought you Zen people were above all…