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It is quite funny to me to he Dharma teachers time and time again speak of the exact same things that Alan Watts spoke of decades ago and yet give little worth to his teachings or books. For me his books were far more concise than the founder of the school of Zen I currently study under so I dont know what the hesitation that these Teachers have in mentioning any of his books and or lectures..... All they ever come up with is that he was a drunk. But, I am sure that if I look into the past of my own school of Zen I will find the same if not worse. Does anyone else run into this with there teachers?????
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Re: Alan Watts and the Modern Zen circles
Tue, May 24, 2005 - 1:54 AMi also find this to be true. i've brought up alan watts with three of my eastern religion profs and two had never even heard of him. the third had, but preferred scholars like d.t. suzuki and thich nhat hanh (reasoning not mentioned).
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Re: Alan Watts and the Modern Zen circles
Tue, May 24, 2005 - 2:32 PMzen masters are still human and it just goes to show how much work it takes to erase the influence of the ego.. :-) -
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Re: Alan Watts and the Modern Zen circles
Tue, May 24, 2005 - 2:46 PMI must say, though, I had a wonderful professor at Colorado State who was stoked on me doing a huge research project on Alan Watts as an important Engaged Buddhist,
Sometimes it seems the egos of Zen masters are greater than average. We all have a lot of work to do.
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Re: Alan Watts and the Modern Zen circles
Tue, May 24, 2005 - 3:00 PMi like your idea lindsey. if the process is circular, then i would expect the ego to actually become stronger as one nears closer to self-relinquishment (or integration from the Jungian perspective).
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