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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 11:38 PM Feb 2012

Alan Watts - Journey From India

I've been on a Watts-a-Thon and so ...

I wanted to also share this one because it covers a lot of ground, including information about the vehicles, historical context, and it also sheds light on the dialectic aspects of Buddhism between student and teacher. I think this lecture will be of interest to those who are curious about the subject, as well as casual and even more dedicated practitioners.

Watts was quite the scholar, so even if one does not agree with him on every point, it has been clear that he did both conceptual and practical research into the subjects he lectures on. Keep in mind that he was a part of the initial wave of the introduction of Buddhism to the West. Watts was a popular author along those lines and he had his own flavor of approach to popularizing the Dharma.

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Alan Watts - Journey From India (Original Post) Newest Reality Feb 2012 OP
He blew my mind in 1972 Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #1
I read The Book when I was 18. (a long time ago) OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #2

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
1. He blew my mind in 1972
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 11:47 PM
Feb 2012

I read The Book – On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are and Beyond Theology

The Book changed a lot about the way I look at this world. He was an incredibly gifted writer who could explain the ideas of Eastern philosophy in ways that made total sense to me.

 

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)
2. I read The Book when I was 18. (a long time ago)
Wed Feb 29, 2012, 12:17 AM
Feb 2012

It changed the way I think more than anything else I ever read.

I sometimes wonder what I would think if I re read it now.

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