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Alan Watts: Philosophy of War - Love, not Fear.
Why do we fight? What are all wars about? In a technological society, we have solved the problem of poverty. Only, we don't get on with it. Because other things compete for attention.
Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. Pursuing a career, he attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he received a master's degree in theology. Watts became an Episcopal priest in 1945, then left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.
Watts gained a large following in the San Francisco Bay Area while working as a volunteer programmer at KPFA, a Pacifica Radio station in Berkeley. Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on subjects important to Eastern and Western religion, introducing the then-burgeoning youth culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In Psychotherapy East and West (1961), Watts proposed that Buddhism could be thought of as a form of psychotherapy and not a religion. He considered Nature, Man and Woman (1958) to be, "from a literary point of view — the best book I have ever written." He also explored human consciousness, in the essay "The New Alchemy" (1958), and in the book The Joyous Cosmology (1962).
Towards the end of his life, he divided his time between a houseboat in Sausalito and a cabin on Mount Tamalpais. Many of his books are now available in digital format and many of his recorded talks and lectures are available on the Internet. According to the critic Erik Davis, his "writings and recorded talks still shimmer with a profound and galvanizing lucidity."
“A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.” - Alan Watts
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Alan Watts - The Official source for Alan Watts - alanwatts.com
Who is Alan Watts? - alanwatts.org
The Ego and the Universe: Alan Watts on Becoming Who You Really Are - brainpickings.org/2014/01/27/alan-watts-taboo
Alan Watts – the Western Buddhist who healed my mind - aeon.co/essays/alan-watts-the-western-buddhist-who-healed-my-mind
How to Reach Where You Already Are - parabola.org/2017/01/31/how-to-reach-where-you-already-are-by-alan-watts
What If Money Was no Object? - genius.com/Alan-watts-what-if-money-was-no-object-annotated
15 Profound Awakening Quotes From Alan Watts - collective-evolution.com/2016/11/19/15-profound-awakening-quotes-from-alan-watts
Philosophy of war - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_war
The Philosophy of War - http://www.iep.utm.edu/war/
‘Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen’: A Timeless 1958 Essay by Alan Watts - highexistence.com/beat-zen-square-zen-and-zen-a-1958-essay-by-alan-watts
Take a Break from your Frantic Day - openculture.com/2017/02/take-a-few-minutes-from-your-frantic-day-and-let-alan-watts-introduce-you-to-the-calming-ways-of-zen.html
What was Alan Watts' personal life like? - quora.com/What-was-Alan-Watts-personal-life-like
Alan Watts Zen - faena.com/aleph/articles/tags/alan-watts-zen
Intro to Zen, by Alan Watts - zencast.org/zencast-306-intro-to-zen
Alan Watts: Zen Bones - stillnessspeaks.com/alan-watts-zen-bones
A Debate about Alan Watts and Zen - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8412794
Alan Watts: Philosophy of War - Love, not Fear.
Why do we fight? What are all wars about? In a technological society, we have solved the problem of poverty. Only, we don't get on with it. Because other things compete for attention.
Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. Pursuing a career, he attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he received a master's degree in theology. Watts became an Episcopal priest in 1945, then left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.
Watts gained a large following in the San Francisco Bay Area while working as a volunteer programmer at KPFA, a Pacifica Radio station in Berkeley. Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on subjects important to Eastern and Western religion, introducing the then-burgeoning youth culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In Psychotherapy East and West (1961), Watts proposed that Buddhism could be thought of as a form of psychotherapy and not a religion. He considered Nature, Man and Woman (1958) to be, "from a literary point of view — the best book I have ever written." He also explored human consciousness, in the essay "The New Alchemy" (1958), and in the book The Joyous Cosmology (1962).
Towards the end of his life, he divided his time between a houseboat in Sausalito and a cabin on Mount Tamalpais. Many of his books are now available in digital format and many of his recorded talks and lectures are available on the Internet. According to the critic Erik Davis, his "writings and recorded talks still shimmer with a profound and galvanizing lucidity."
“A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.” - Alan Watts
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Alan Watts wiki - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts
Alan Watts - The Official source for Alan Watts - alanwatts.com
Who is Alan Watts? - alanwatts.org
The Ego and the Universe: Alan Watts on Becoming Who You Really Are - brainpickings.org/2014/01/27/alan-watts-taboo
Alan Watts – the Western Buddhist who healed my mind - aeon.co/essays/alan-watts-the-western-buddhist-who-healed-my-mind
How to Reach Where You Already Are - parabola.org/2017/01/31/how-to-reach-where-you-already-are-by-alan-watts
What If Money Was no Object? - genius.com/Alan-watts-what-if-money-was-no-object-annotated
15 Profound Awakening Quotes From Alan Watts - collective-evolution.com/2016/11/19/15-profound-awakening-quotes-from-alan-watts
Philosophy of war - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_war
The Philosophy of War - http://www.iep.utm.edu/war/
‘Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen’: A Timeless 1958 Essay by Alan Watts - highexistence.com/beat-zen-square-zen-and-zen-a-1958-essay-by-alan-watts
Take a Break from your Frantic Day - openculture.com/2017/02/take-a-few-minutes-from-your-frantic-day-and-let-alan-watts-introduce-you-to-the-calming-ways-of-zen.html
What was Alan Watts' personal life like? - quora.com/What-was-Alan-Watts-personal-life-like
Alan Watts Zen - faena.com/aleph/articles/tags/alan-watts-zen
Intro to Zen, by Alan Watts - zencast.org/zencast-306-intro-to-zen
Alan Watts: Zen Bones - stillnessspeaks.com/alan-watts-zen-bones
A Debate about Alan Watts and Zen - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8412794
