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.
…see that other things are important besides those things which are practical. You can really nobody takes time off to look at these things. Nansen the Zen master said most people look at these flowers as if they were in a dream. That is to say as if…
…from which one can deviate is not the Dao. Or to put it into the form of a Zen story, the master joshu said to Nansen: what is the Dao? Nansen replied: your everyday mind is the Dao. Joshu asked: how do you get into accord with it? Nansen replied:…
…is not the Dao. Or to put it into the form of a Zen story, the master joshu said to Nansen: what is the Dao? Nansen replied: your everyday mind is the Dao. Joshu asked: how do you get into accord with it? Nansen replied: when you try to accord, you…
…what is the Dao? Nansen replied: your everyday mind is the Dao. Joshu asked: how do you get into accord with it? Nansen replied: when you try to accord, you deviate. So that's the principle and this, although we're getting the paradox. You see this…
…from which one can deviate is not the tao. Or to put it in the form of a Zen story, the master joshu said to Nansen: what is the tao? Nansen replied: your everyday mind is the tao. Joshu asked: how do you get into accord with it? Nansen replied:…
…is not the tao. Or to put it in the form of a Zen story, the master joshu said to Nansen: what is the tao? Nansen replied: your everyday mind is the tao. Joshu asked: how do you get into accord with it? Nansen replied: when you try to accord, you…
…what is the tao? Nansen replied: your everyday mind is the tao. Joshu asked: how do you get into accord with it? Nansen replied: when you try to accord, you deviate. So that's the principle and this, although again the paradox. You see this sounds…