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.
…arjuna about to go into battle and he is the fighter, but he has a charioteer who drives him and this is the god Krishna Krishna being the earthly manifestation of Vishnu who in turn, is one of the three aspects of brahman: the ground of being. So…
…about to go into battle and he is the fighter, but he has a charioteer who drives him and this is the god Krishna Krishna being the earthly manifestation of Vishnu who in turn, is one of the three aspects of brahman: the ground of being. So Krishna is…
…Krishna being the earthly manifestation of Vishnu who in turn, is one of the three aspects of brahman: the ground of being. So Krishna is passive in the chariot, he's just the charioteer. Arjuna is active he is the soldier and he is loath to go into…
…he's just the charioteer. Arjuna is active he is the soldier and he is loath to go into battle for sentimental reasons and Krishna explains that his true self is the witness. You must not think that you do anything, he says. Your senses move among the…
…certain task of religious experience. There are experiences of visions, that people have revelations they see jesus Christ, the virgin Mary, Krishna, Buddha or who have you, but these are in a certain way less interesting than the experiences in which the…
…that mystical experience, that is to say when it doesn't involve visions, when it doesn't involve seeing jesus or the buddha or Krishna or something of this kind, when we have what I would call a non imagistic type of experience, it's pretty much the…
…point of view bondage, bondage to karma. And if you study the bhagavad Gita which is not a Buddhist book but a Hindu Scripture, Krishna, the spokesman of the Gita, explains that the wise man is one who does what is called nishkama karma. Nishkama n I s…
…the bhagavad Gita, the song of the lord. And I mention the bhagavad Gita in particular because the Gita is a dialogue between Krishna who is an avatar or incarnation of one of the aspects of god called Vishnu, and a warrior by the name of arjuna.…
…Vishnu, and a warrior by the name of arjuna. The Gita opens upon a battlefield where arjuna is in command of a chariot and Krishna is his charioteer. Opposite, on the other side of the field as the enemy, are kinsmen of arjuna. And the Gita opens by…
…complaining that engaging in battle is a wasteful and terrible affair, and wouldn't it be much better to desist from the fray. But Krishna urges him on to participate in the fray and yet at the same time to realize that the battle is in a certain…
…as many Hindus do, the warfare simply to mean participation in human affairs and in the affairs of the world, the advice of Krishna is fundamentally that the person who is awakened, who sees that the drama of human life is in some sense an illusion, he…
…and heroine reveals an esoteric meaning, and this truth has been made the basis of the well known allegories of Radha and Krishna, which are the dominant motif of Medieval Hinduism. Here, illicit love becomes the very type of salvation, for in India, where…
…social convention is so strict, such a love involves the surrender of all of the world values and sometimes of life itself. When Krishna receives the milkmaids and tells them he owes a debt that can never be paid it is because they have come to him…
…own. All this is an allegory, the reflection of reality in the mirror of illusion. This reality is the inner life where Krishna, the milkmaids are the souls of men, and vrindaban the field of consciousness. The relation of the milkmaids with the divine…
…good for me because I enjoy it it's gorgeous. I'm going right in there and I'm going to say all these om Hari Rama Krishna Rama Hari Rama Hari Etc. You see, he's turning himself on and I told some nuns a little while ago where the mother Superior…
…be acceptable? The Mariana Tribe sure it's acceptable. So what do you think of swami Bhaktivedanta's Plea for the acceptance of Krishna in every direction? Oh it's a lovely positive thing to say Krishna. You know Krishna, It's a beautiful mythology it's a…
…think of swami Bhaktivedanta's Plea for the acceptance of Krishna in every direction? Oh it's a lovely positive thing to say Krishna. You know Krishna, It's a beautiful mythology it's a beautiful practice it should be encouraged. What do you think about it?…
…Bhaktivedanta's Plea for the acceptance of Krishna in every direction? Oh it's a lovely positive thing to say Krishna. You know Krishna, It's a beautiful mythology it's a beautiful practice it should be encouraged. What do you think about it? He feels it's…
…Well the one thing well I tell you I think why he feels this is that it is the mantrams the images of Krishna have no have in this culture, no foul associations. The word god is contaminated. So Tillich would say the ground of being instead…
…as distinct from the prescribed mantra like om mani padme hum, or om ah hum or om RAM Sri RAM, Jai jai RAM Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare hare, etc. Each one of them has a different feeling to it. The Tibetan Monks go down to an…
…from the prescribed mantra like om mani padme hum, or om ah hum or om RAM Sri RAM, Jai jai RAM Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare hare, etc. Each one of them has a different feeling to it. The Tibetan Monks go down to an extraordinarily…
…the prescribed mantra like om mani padme hum, or om ah hum or om RAM Sri RAM, Jai jai RAM Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare hare, etc. Each one of them has a different feeling to it. The Tibetan Monks go down to an extraordinarily deep…
…mantra like om mani padme hum, or om ah hum or om RAM Sri RAM, Jai jai RAM Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare hare, etc. Each one of them has a different feeling to it. The Tibetan Monks go down to an extraordinarily deep sound.…
…have a sort of rhythm to them that is absorbing. Say a chant that many of you have heard that goes: hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare…
…sort of rhythm to them that is absorbing. Say a chant that many of you have heard that goes: hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare…
…of rhythm to them that is absorbing. Say a chant that many of you have heard that goes: hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna,…
…rhythm to them that is absorbing. Say a chant that many of you have heard that goes: hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare…
…absorbing. Say a chant that many of you have heard that goes: hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna,…
…things along with it and you can get way out like that. It's just great. Then the Hindus often use polysyllabic mantra like the: hare Krishna Hare RAM Rama Rama RAM Hare Krishna, Hare RAM or om RAM Sri RAM, Jai jai RAM, Om RAM Sri RAM, Jai jai RAM.…
…get way out like that. It's just great. Then the Hindus often use polysyllabic mantra like the: hare Krishna Hare RAM Rama Rama RAM Hare Krishna, Hare RAM or om RAM Sri RAM, Jai jai RAM, Om RAM Sri RAM, Jai jai RAM. Om hare om hare, hare om om hare…
…was the term more strictly applicable to ishvara, the manifestation of brahman in the form of a personal god. But bhagavan, the lord Krishna his song is the bhagavad Gita the song of the lord. There's always the idea of the King and the ruler attached,…
…Peter, taking the name of Peter the apostle. Instead of being Mr Mukhopadhyaya in India, he comes krishnananda, the name of Krishna and bliss. He takes a divine name indicating, you see a transformation of his personality. He's no longer, as it were…
…and Playwright Christopher Isherwood, and this is also a mentor book. The bhagavad Gita is for the most part a dialogue between Krishna, who is a divine sage, the incarnation of Vishnu, One of the aspects of the godhead, and a dialogue between Krishna and…
…between Krishna, who is a divine sage, the incarnation of Vishnu, One of the aspects of the godhead, and a dialogue between Krishna and arjuna, a warrior, which takes place on a battlefield. And Krishna speaks with arjuna about his fear of slaying and…
…One of the aspects of the godhead, and a dialogue between Krishna and arjuna, a warrior, which takes place on a battlefield. And Krishna speaks with arjuna about his fear of slaying and death and of turmoil of life. And the symbol of the battlefield is…
…of rhythm to them that is absorbing, say, a chant that many of you have heard and it doesn't matter what it means. Actually, Krishna and Rama are the names of Hindu Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is…
…of Hindu Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is running, running, running, hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare hare, and so on and if you are a Christian or a jew and you feel more inclined…
…Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is running, running, running, hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare hare, and so on and if you are a Christian or a jew and you feel more inclined to use…
…Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is running, running, running, hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare hare, and so on and if you are a Christian or a jew and you feel more inclined to use a…
…but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is running, running, running, hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare hare, and so on and if you are a Christian or a jew and you feel more inclined to use a meditation…
…and suggested that it would really disturb the whole nation if an enormous number of young people all changed their names to Harry Krishna, so that their driver's license, what you do is you just go to the department of motor vehicles and you say: I've…
…is you just go to the department of motor vehicles and you say: I've changed my name when you issue this license to Harry Krishna, Everybody would be Harry Krishna. But this, you see is the thing of this death death to the role that you thought you…
…department of motor vehicles and you say: I've changed my name when you issue this license to Harry Krishna, Everybody would be Harry Krishna. But this, you see is the thing of this death death to the role that you thought you were playing, giving up…
…h a g a v a d bhagavad Gita G I t a the song of the lord the lord in this case being shri Krishna, who in Hindu Mythology is regarded as an incarnation, an embodiment in the sanskrit language an avatar of Vishnu, the supreme lord, the personification…
…is a battlefield, the field of kuru, where a young prince by the name of arjuna is riding in his chariot and shri Krishna, the incarnation of Vishnu, is his charioteer as the opposing armies Face each other and the battle is about to begin and arjuna…
…chapter he was overcome with great compassion and uttered this in sadness. When I see my own people arrayed and eager for fight, o Krishna, my limbs quail, my mouth goes dry, my body shakes and my hair stands on end and I see evil omens, o Krishna.…
…fight, o Krishna, my limbs quail, my mouth goes dry, my body shakes and my hair stands on end and I see evil omens, o Krishna. Nor do I foresee any good by slaying my own people in the fight. I do not long for victory, o Krishna, Nor kingdom nor…
…evil omens, o Krishna. Nor do I foresee any good by slaying my own people in the fight. I do not long for victory, o Krishna, Nor kingdom nor pleasures. Of what use is kingdom to us o Krishna? Or enjoyment or even life? And having spoken thus on the…
…krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare, hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare hare, and it doesn't matter what it means. Actually, Krishna and Rama are the names of Hindu Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing…
…a chant that many of you have heard that goes: hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare…
…chant that many of you have heard that goes: hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare…
…that many of you have heard that goes: hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama,…
…Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare and it doesn't matter what it means.…
…Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare and it doesn't matter what it means. Actually Krishna…
…hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare and it doesn't matter what it means. Actually Krishna and…
…hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare and it doesn't matter what it means. Actually Krishna and Rama…
…Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare hare and it doesn't matter what it means. Actually Krishna and Rama are the names of Hindu Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing…
…of Hindu Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is running, running, running, hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare and so on. And if you are a Christian or a jew and you feel more inclined…
…Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is running, running, running, hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare and so on. And if you are a Christian or a jew and you feel more inclined to use…
…Divinities, but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is running, running, running, hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare and so on. And if you are a Christian or a jew and you feel more inclined to use a…
…but that's not the point. The point is just to get with that thing that is running, running, running, hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare hare and so on. And if you are a Christian or a jew and you feel more inclined to use a meditation…
…people in the fight. I do not long for victory, o Krishna, Nor kingdom nor pleasures. Of what use is kingdom to us o Krishna? Or enjoyment or even life? And having spoken thus on the field of battle, arjuna sank down on the seat of his chariot,…
…of his chariot, casting away his bow and arrow, his spirit overwhelmed by sorrow. And to this complaint his charioteer the lord Krishna, replies: whence has come to thee this stain, this dejection of spirit in this hour of crisis? It is unknown to men…
…not become thee. Cast off this petty faint heartedness and arise, o oppressor of the foes. And to give point to his words, Krishna goes on: thou grievest for those for whom thou shouldst not grieve, and yet thou speakest words about wisdom. Wise men do…
…body is slain. Now it's obvious, I think, to those of you who have listened to any other of these programs, what shri Krishna is talking about here. When I was talking to you about the upanishads I explained at several points the fundamental doctrine of…
…fact that when the human mind gets out of its depth it drowns and vomits up a lot of dead ideas. And so sri Krishna goes on, he who knows that it is indestructible and eternal, uncreated and unchanging. How can such a person slay anyone, o arjuna, or…
…the reality which lies deeper than thinking, the finger that struggles to touch its own tip finds only the empty air. And so Krishna goes on. The dweller in the body of everyone, o arjuna, is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore thou shouldst not…
…European Society. And each caste has its proper duty in life, which in sanskrit is svadharma, and this is the phrase which Krishna uses here when he says: having regard for thine own duty, for thine own svadharma, sva self dharma function or svadharma is…
…there is something phony about such pacifism because it is sentimental. This does seem to be arjuna's objection and this is why Krishna says: in effect, your objection to slaying is a fear of slaying, a squeamishness to slay, and because of this you do…
…is that to the Hindu mind, one who abstains from what might be an evil action through fear has not liberated himself from evil. Krishna would say that so long as our conduct is motivated by fear on the one hand, or by desire on the other, we are…
…but rather because he sees it as his svadharma that is to say his vocation in life. And so, a moment later, Krishna formulates the principle of action. He says: therefore arise, o son of kunti arjuna, resolved on battle, treating alike pleasure and pain,…