Alan Watts: 42 books

Philosopher, author, and lecturer Alan Watts (1915–1973) popularized Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies for the counterculture of the 1960s. Today, new generations are finding his writings and lectures online, while faithful followers worldwide continue to be enlightened by his teachings....

Alan Watts introduced millions of Western readers to Zen and other Eastern philosophies. But he is also recognized as a brilliant commentator on Judeo-Christian traditions as well as a celebrity philosopher who exemplified the ideas and lifestyle of the 1960s counterculture. In this compilation of...

A fervent, lifelong student of Zen, Alan Watts shows us that it is both an experience — a singular, powerful moment of realization — and a simple way of life, with an awareness that affects every moment of every day. Adopted by mainstream America in a way that carries only a vague association...

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...

Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts’s groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as a whole in all its contradictions and paradoxes,...

Texte intégral révisé suivi d'une biographie hommage d'Alan Watts à Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki, "L'intellectuel non mental", qui inspira ce livre par ses écrits. Dans cet essai éblouissant qui introduisit l'Occident à la connaissance du Zen, le théologien et philosophe Alan Watts, lui-même "bouddhiste...

Texte intégral révisé suivi d'une biographie d'Alan Watts. Soucieux de rigueur, l'auteur de "L'Esprit du zen" et du "Bouddhisme zen" met les choses au point dans ce célèbre article d'une quarantaine de pages intitulé "Beat Zen, Square Zen et Zen". II y explique...

In this new edition of his acclaimed autobiography — long out of print and rare until now — Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution. A child of religious conservatives in rural England, he went on to become a freewheeling spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to defy...

In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described spiritual entertainer was responsible for igniting the passion of countless wisdom...

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...

Einführung in die Meditation Für viele Menschen waren die Bücher des international bekannten Autors Alan Watts bereits in den 60er und 70er Jahren der Einstieg in Buddhismus und Zen. Seine Vorträge und Publikationen waren ungemein beliebt und haben eine Welle des Interesses an fernöstlicher Weisheit...

Manuale di saggezza, trattato psicologico, breviario Zen, ***Diventa ciò che sei***racchiude al suo interno diverse chiavi di lettura, con l’intenzione di offrire al lettore una via concreta per la realizzazione e la liberazione di sé, o come dice lo stesso Watts, per cogliere la propria vita...

Mark Watts compiled this book from his father's extensive journals and audiotapes of famous lectures he delivered in his later years across the country. In three parts Alan Watts explains the basic philosophy of meditation how individuals can practice a variety of meditations and how inner wisdom grows naturally.

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...