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Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", [2] known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience. [3] Watts gained a following while working as a volunteer programmer at the KPFA radio station in Berkeley.
A prolific author and speaker, Alan Watts was one of the first to interpret Eastern wisdom for a Western audience. Born outside London in 1915, he discovered the nearby Buddhist Lodge at a young age.
Alan Watts was a British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer who is credited with introducing and popularizing Eastern philosophy and religion among Western audiences in the mid-20th century.
We maintain and curate the vast collection Alan Watts’ audio and video productions. There recordings were created by Alan Watts, and recorded by Alan, Mark Watts, and American sound artist Henry “Sandy” Jacobs, and then distributed widely on public radio.
1317 quotes from Alan W. Watts: 'Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.', 'Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.', and 'We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own.
Jun 27, 2022 · The writer and philosopher Alan Watts wrote more than 25 books on the subjects of philosophy and religion. Here are seven of his best.
Jan 26, 2024 · Alan Watts, for all his faults, was a wildly imaginative and provocative thinker who reimagined religion in a secular age. Alan Watts in the early 1970s. Photo by Everett Collection/Alamy.
Welcome to the home of the audio works of Alan Watts, a collection of 200 talks recorded between 1958 and 1973 of Alan’s public lectures and his live seminar sessions. Below you will find a complete listing of the talks organized by Collections and their individual Albums.
An extension of Alan's own Electronic University founded in 1973, this channel officially hosts Alan's original lectures, seminars, and courses delivered in the 1960s and 1970s.
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