{"product_id":"the-way-of-zen-with-manuscript-notes-by-john-walton-by-alan-watts","title":"The Way of Zen (with manuscript notes by John Walton) by Alan Watts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Way of Zen\u003c\/strong\u003e by Alan Watts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication: \u003c\/strong\u003e1958 Pantheon, third printing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of Alan Watts’s most influential and enduring works which helped introduce Zen Buddhism to a broad Western readership. This copy is from the library of John Walton and contains laid-in manuscript notes by Walton. Walton was the late author and professor emeritus at UC Davis, best known for influential regional histories including Western Times and Water Wars and Storied Land.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003ehere are three letters dated July 25, 1959, August 2, 1959, and August 9, 1959. The letter dated July 25 is presumed to record a lecture or broadcast by Alan Watts aired in Berkeley on KPFA radio. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf particular interest are Walton’s notes on Zen, where he records the idea of the teacher as a kind of trickster who disrupts the rational mind, and the impossibility of the self fully standing outside and mastering itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuly 25, 1959: Notes on Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, religion, philosophy, and science. Watts distinguishes Eastern thought from Western religion and describes the Eastern traditions as concerned with liberation rather than creed or convention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugust 2, 1959: Notes on P. D. Ouspensky and G. I. Gurdjieff, particularly Gurdjieff’s teaching methods and Ouspensky’s interpretation of the “Fourth Way.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugust 9, 1959: Notes on Hinduism, Brahman, maya, the social self, liberation, and the distinction between the true self and the roles imposed by society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher’s black cloth with gilt title to spine, occasional pencil marginalia by Walton, signed by John Walton on the ffep, binding firm, Very Good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rose Books \u0026 Obscurities","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48869677531293,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/9827\/4949\/files\/IMG_5538_f592b127-a01a-473e-bf50-4bc15b3653e1.jpg?v=1788406070","url":"https:\/\/roseobscurities.com\/products\/the-way-of-zen-with-manuscript-notes-by-john-walton-by-alan-watts","provider":"The Rose Books \u0026 Obscurities","version":"1.0","type":"link"}