The Way of Zen
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 June 1999
Summary
The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up to the development of Zen Buddhism, which drew deeply from both traditions. It then goes on to paint a broad but insightful picture of Zen as it was and is practiced, both as a religion and as an element of diverse East Asian arts and disciplines. Watts’s narrative clears away the mystery while enhancing the mystique of Zen.
Since the first publication of this book in 1957, Zen Buddhism h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375705106 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375705104 |
| Author: | Alan W. Watts |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 1999 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Vintage Spiritual Classics |
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“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.’” – Los Angeles Times
“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.’”
—Los Angeles Times
About The Author
Alan W. Watts
Alan Watts was born in England in 1915 and received his early education at King’s School, Canterbury. He received a master’s degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Illinois and an honorary doctorate of divinity from the University of Vermont. He wrote his first book, The Spirit of Zen, at the age of twenty and went on to write over twenty other books including The Way of Zen, The Book, and Tao: The Watercourse Way, which though never fully completed was published after the author’s death and introduced thousands of readers to Taoist thought.
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