Tao

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In his last work, Alan Watts treats the Chinese philosophy of Tao in much the same way as he did Zen Buddhism in his classic THE WAY OF ZEN. Best Read Tao Author Alan W. Watts For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr While I most enjoy the hundreds of hours of lectures by this, my favorite thinker of all time, I do treasure this book which was his last and was a gift to me from his son Mark After I received it, I noticed the musty smell of a fine old book Watts died in the 70 s while in his late 50 s and he lived on a houseboat in Sausalito harbor near San Francisco he also had a cabin in the forests just 30 minutes north where he would g...Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ho Qu es aquello que se aleja cada vez que es perseguido La respuesta es t mismo.I read this book, Watts last, immediately after reading The Spirit of Zen, his first What I got from The Spirit of Zen was to what great extent early Zen Buddhism was influenced by Taoism What I got from The Watercourse Way w... , ,,, ,, ,, , , ,, , , ,, , , ,, ,,, ,, , ,,, , , , , ,, 12, , ,,, , ,,,, , ,, , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , ,, , , . It is very difficult to for me to write this review because, like water, Tao seems to be something so pervasive yet so elusive It is the source of everything but it is not their Creator It permeates everything but it cannot be seen and cannot be grasp It reigns but does not rule Tao has order but it is not law Because we are part of Tao, and Tao flows through us, we are part of the stream and it is difficult for us to see, understand or describe it objectively The Tao that can be spoken is It is ve...Just as Chinese writing is at least one step closer to nature than ours, so the ancient philosophy of the Tao is of a skillful and intelligent following of the course, current, and grain of natural phenomena seeing human life as an integral feature of the world process, and not as something alien and opposed to it Looking at this philosophy with the needs and problems of modern civilization in mind, it suggests an attitude to the world which must underlie all our efforts towards an ecological Just as Chinese writing is at least one step closer to nature than ours, so the ancient philosophy of the Tao is of a skillful and intelligent following of the course, current, and grain of natural phenomena seeing human life as an integral feature of the world process, and not as something alien and opposed to it Looking at this philosophy with the needs and problems of modern civilization in mind, it suggests an attitude to the world which must underlie all our efforts towards an ecological technology For the development of such a technology is not just a matter of the techniques themselves, but of the psychological attitude of the technician.Hitherto, Western science has stressed the attitude of objectivity a cold, calculating, and detached attitude through which it appears that natural phenomena, including the human organism, ar...This is the book which explaines why it is impossible to foollow the requets like You have to relax or You need to love God with all your heart There are things in life which are natural like loving, relaxing, gettinng inspiration Fortunately, noone can hurry them or postpone them as noone can smooth out the wav...This was my first brush with the work of Alan Watts, and I have to say it was very intriguing Not so much because of the content, I read quite some classical Chinese in university and there were no real surprises, butbecause of the magnetic personality of the writer that radiat...The finger pointing to the moon is not the moon, and the Way that can be named is not the eternal Way Watts knows this well, but points and names for fun anywayeffectively than anyone else I ve come across so far.

Tao
  • English
  • 08 December 2018
  • Paperback
  • 160 pages
  • 0394733118
  • Alan W. Watts
  • Tao