After D.T. Suzuki, Alan Watts stands as the godfather of Zen in America. Often taken to task for inspiring the flimsy spontaneity of Beat Zen, Watts had an undeniably keen understanding of his subject. Nowhere is this more evident than in his 1957 classic The Way of Zen, which has been reissued. Watts takes the reader back to the philosophical foundations of Zen in the conceptu...
After D.T. Suzuki, Alan Watts stands as the godfather of Zen in America. Often taken to task for inspiring the flimsy spontaneity of Beat Zen, Watts had an undeniably keen understanding of his subject. Nowhere is this more evident than in his 1957 classic The Way of Zen, which has been reissued. Watts takes the reader back to the philosophical foundations of Zen in the conceptual world of Hinduism, follows Buddhism's course through the development of the early Mahayana school, the birth of Zen from Buddhism's marriage with Chinese Taoism, and on to Zen's unique expression in Japanese art and life.
As a Westerner, Watts anticipates the stumbling blocks encountered with such concepts as emptiness and no-mind, then illustrates with flawlessly apt examples. Many popular books have been written on Zen since Watts' time, but few have been able to muster the rare combination of erudition and clarity that have kept The Way of Zen in readers' hands decade after decade. --Brian Bruya
In his definitive introduction to Zen Buddhism, Alan Watts explains the principles and practices of this ancient religion to Western readers. With a rare combination of freshness and lucidity, he delves into the origins and history of Zen to explain what it means for the world today with incredible clarity. Watts saw Zen as “one of the most precious gifts of Asia to the world,” and in The Way of Zen he gives this gift to readers everywhere.
Alan W. Watts, who held both a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best remembered as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. Standing apart, however, from sectarian membership, he has earned the reputation of being one of the most original and “unrutted” philosophers of the twentieth century. Watts ...
Alan W. Watts, who held both a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best remembered as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. Standing apart, however, from sectarian membership, he has earned the reputation of being one of the most original and “unrutted” philosophers of the twentieth century. Watts was the author of some twenty books on the philosophy and psychology of religion that have been published in many languages throughout the world, including the bestselling The Way of Zen. An avid lecturer, Watts appeared regularly on the radio and hosted the popular television series, Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life,in the 1960s. He died in 1973.
Direct pointing (直指) is the open demonstration of Zen by nonsymbolic actions or word,s which usually appear to the uninitiated as having to do with the most ordinary secular affairs, or to be completely crazy. In answer to a question about Buddhism, the master makes a casual remark about the weather, or performs some simple action which seems to have nothing to do with philosophical or spiritual matters. (p.77) (查看原文)
Zen, in particular, has always attached great importance to the expression of Buddhism in formaly secular terms--in arts of every type, in manual labor, and in appreciation of the natural universe. Confucian and Taoist alike would be especially agreeable to the idea of an awakening which did not involve the extermination of human passion, as klesa (烦恼/尘劳) may also be translated. (p.81) (查看原文)
大致上说，译文读起来比较流畅，但存在两方面问题。 一是存在许多误译，好似这些内容被外包给了小工或机器翻译（特别是把 suchness 译为“如此”（p190，第六章），把 blowing out 译为“不呼吸”（p78，第二章））。 如英文版： Our problem is that the power of thought ena...
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赵小跑.
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0 有用 西山 2022-11-26 15:58:53 江苏
字字珠玑，刻骨铭心
8 有用 9 Crimes 2012-06-30 13:47:55
Those who know do not say, those who say do not know.
2 有用 Paradox 2021-12-11 12:44:37
我时不时就需要读读佛学... 也不是说spiritually有多大长进，但是观点真的实用。读老美解读东方哲学，反而觉得易懂很多，这是什么情况
1 有用 bongabang 2007-10-29 10:23:21
It talks about how Buddhism, taoism and Confucianism has been adopted into modern life beliefs. Also talks about the origin of Zen
1 有用 Amphion 2020-05-21 19:34:15
比较全面关于禅的书，尤其是讲述道家思想对禅宗形成的影响很细致，然后最后一章禅与艺术感觉不错，选的俳句尤其精致，禅的历史和公案之类的，和铃木大拙的《禅与生活》多有重合。除了罗马音化的汉语拼音让人一头雾水，估计西方人也看着云里雾里。总体来说，面向西方人写的介绍禅宗的书籍，用词来说相对会浅显一些，比较容易入门，这也是阿伦瓦兹的书的优点，他的讲授录音也很吸引人，时不时会选一段听几分钟，娓娓道来，气氛活跃，... 比较全面关于禅的书，尤其是讲述道家思想对禅宗形成的影响很细致，然后最后一章禅与艺术感觉不错，选的俳句尤其精致，禅的历史和公案之类的，和铃木大拙的《禅与生活》多有重合。除了罗马音化的汉语拼音让人一头雾水，估计西方人也看着云里雾里。总体来说，面向西方人写的介绍禅宗的书籍，用词来说相对会浅显一些，比较容易入门，这也是阿伦瓦兹的书的优点，他的讲授录音也很吸引人，时不时会选一段听几分钟，娓娓道来，气氛活跃，常常一片欢笑，可以跟本书一起品。顺便说一下，中文版书名《心之道—致焦虑的年代》有点过于功利化了，本来禅宗追求的是回归本心，见性成佛，在哪个时代皆是如此，又何以专门指戳焦虑年代？ (展开)