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| The "Way" (Tao) of the Dharma runs counter to the Way of the World (Danielina-79) |
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Alan Watts, the British-born teacher, philosopher, and Zen Buddhist who came to California and joined Pacifica Radio in Berkeley to make history also had a TV show, "Way Beyond the West." Pacifica Los Angeles (
KPFK 90.7 FM) is now the only station that regularly carries him. Alan Watts did more than any other Westerner of his day to present authentic Eastern Philosophy to a Western audience.
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| Alan Watts (ianmack.com) |
Watts is an inspiration to Wisdom Quarterly because few others understand that it is not only the Buddha's Dharma that gets imported when Westerners try to learn about "Buddhism." A great deal of Hinduism (particularly as it serves as the framework of populist Mahayana Buddhism), Brahmanism, Taoism, animism, shamanism, Shintoism, Confucianism, Jainism, martial arts, ancestor worship,
kami- and hungry ghost-lore does, too.
- AUDIO: KPFK Intro Program "Way Beyond the West" Episode 1 by Alan Watts (pacificaradioarchives.org)
- "Humor in Religion" (Alan Watts), Sunday Nov. 15, 2015 (alanwattsrecordings.com)
- "Time" (Alan Watts) Sunday Nov. 8, 3025 (alanwatts.org)
- Something's Happening - A: Alan Watts on the Future of Communication Part 1 along with enlightened Buddhist teacher Shinzen Young on "What to Expect After a Retreat"); Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:" Caroline hosts Osprey Orielle Lake, author of Uprising for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with the Earth on her way to Paris Talks. Friday (Thursday midnight), Nov. 13, 2015 (somethingshappening.com)
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| 1.suffering 2.craving 3.freedom |
- Something's Happening - B: Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 - Continuing David Talbot Special – The Devil's Chessboard: Alan Dulles, The CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government// The Ralph Nader Radio Hour with Historian Arno J. Mayer, author of The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions and Plowshares Into Swords: From Zionism to Israel. Plus ocean conservationist David Helvarg of Blue Frontier on the latest bipartisan campaign to end offshore oil drilling called The Sea Party Coalition // The Thom Hartmann Program // KPFK Community Calendar (KPFK.org).
- Something's Happening A: Alan Watts "The Future of Communication" Part 4 // Shinzen Young "Nausea, Health, Magic, Boredom, Death, etc. // Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:" Guest: Deborah Felmeth unfurling her book Syria – Remember Me
See more by
searching Watts at
ARCHIVE.kpfk.org. Listen live to "Buddhist Radio" on Pacifica Los Angeles (90.7 FM) or
streaming worldwide online, Sunday mornings at 8:00 am and Thursday nights 11:59 pm to 5:00 am. Roy of Hollywood's show "Something's Happening" on weeknights at 12:00 am is always good. Watts called Pacifica (now a network of stations across the country) "the only truly free radio station in America." Like
the night Roy featured Dave Emory, "For the Record #863 - The Muslim Brotherhood and the Earth Island Boogie Part 2"//
David Talbot Special –
The Devil's Chessboard: Alan Dulles, The CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government...
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Alan Watts, the British-born teacher, philosopher, and Zen Buddhist who came to California and joined Pacifica Radio in Berkeley to make history also had a TV show, "Way Beyond the West." Pacifica Los Angeles (KPFK 90.7 FM) is now the only station that regularly carries him. Alan Watts did more than any other Westerner of his day to present authentic Eastern Philosophy to a Western audience.
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