Alan Watts

Biography

Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.

Known For

Self (voice recording)

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Himself

Conversation with Myself

Himself

The Art of Meditation

Himself

Work as Play

Alan Watts (voice)

Zen Dog

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The Flow of Zen

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Until There Was Nothing

Himself

Zen: The Best of Alan Watts

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Zen and Now

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Buddhism, Man and Nature

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Everything

Self

Time and the More It Changes

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The Monkey Conflict

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