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.
…buddha, he is accompanied by two attendants on either side of him. One is called manjusri and the other is called samantabhadra. Manjusri carries a sword, samantabhadra what does he have? A flame? No they all have flame orioles, I think. He has a wheel…
…is shown with two attendant bodhisattvas on either side of him. One is called manjusri and the other is called samantabhadra. Manjusri stands for wisdom and samantabhadra for activity or compassion, in sanskrit upaya. In a way this word means now manjusri…
…his meditation place. There is an image of the bodhisattva manjusri in the hall more or the center of the passage between the platforms. Manjusri is a bodhisattva they call him monju in Japan who holds in his hand a sword and this sword is the sword of…