Alan Watts

The widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by it's teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures. In this dynamic series of lectures, Alan Watts takes us on an exploration of Buddhism, from its roots in India to the explosion of interest in Zen and the Tibetan tradition in the West. Watts traces the Indian beginnings of Buddhism, delineates differences between Buddhism and other religions, looks at the radical...

The Tao of Philosophy is a literary adaptation of talks selected to introduce the new «Love of Wisdom» series by Alan Watts to today's audiences.The following chapters provide rich examples of the way in which the philosophy of the Tao is as contemporary today as it was when it flourished in China thousands of years ago. Perhaps most significantly, these selections offer modern society a clearer understanding of what it will take for a successful reintegration of humans in nature.

Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism, Vedanta, and Yoga. He examined the problem of humans in a seemingly hostile universe in ways that questioned the social norms and illusions that bind and constrict modern humans. Marking a groundbreaking...

Zen is a facsimile gift edition of a rare early work by Watts, first published in 1948. Features chapter-opening ink drawings and calligraphy by Watts Watts’s lectures frequently appear on YouTube, with some accompanied by animation or electronic music. Several Facebook pages host ongoing discussions of Watts’s work, collectively generating hundreds of thousands of likes.

Will appeal to fans of Joseph Campbell and anyone interested in world mythology, particularly expressions of nonduality throughout the world’s spiritual traditions Watts’s lectures are frequent viral sensations on YouTube, often accompanied by animation and music Several Facebook groups host ongoing discussions of Watts’s work, collectively generating hundreds of thousands of likes from tens of thousands of members

Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from <em>having </em>or <em>doing </em>something. Here, in Alan Watts&rsquo;s groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing <em>life as a whole </em>in all its contradictions and paradoxes, an attitude that Watts calls the &ldquo;way of acceptance.&rdquo; Drawing on Eastern philosophy, Western mysticism, and...

When Jack Karouac wrote about Zen in Dharma Bums he was echoing the sentiments of the Beat generation, who found in Zen credence for a way of life unencumbered by the limits of «square» society. And it was Alan Watts who first wrote and spoke about Zen and Eastern culture in terms accessible to mainstream Western audiences.Through his popular radio series Way Beyond the West Alan Watts brought listeners a delightful and practical side of Zen, which he prescribed as «a cure for education and...

Inspirándose en los antiguos textos de Lao-tzu, Chuang-tzu, el libro de Kuan-tzu y el I Ching, así como en los estudios de Joseph Needham, Lin Yutang y Arthur Waley -entre otros-, Alan Watts ha escrito, con su inimitable estilo, un libro destinado a convertirse en el texto occidental básico sobre el Taoísmo.El libro comienza con un capítulo acerca del lenguaje chino -que, según Watts, pasará a convertirse en el segundo idioma internacional después del inglés-, para explicar, a continuación, lo...

He aquí una inteligente invitación a abrazar la lucidez, el placer y los vínculos en nuestro mundo en constante evolución. Las filosofías espirituales orientales nos han introducido a nuevas formas de percibirnos a nosotros mismos, los misterios de lo real y el destino evolutivo de la humanidad.Con sus libros, charlas y programas de radio, Alan Watts se convirtió en uno de los pioneros de la divulgación inteligente de dicha sabiduría. A partir de una ya legendaria serie de seminarios,...