The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Author: Alan Watts

Brand: Vintage

Color: Red

Edition: Reissue

Features:

• Vintage Books

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 163

Release Date: 28-08-1989

Details: Product Description A revelatory primer on what it means to be human, from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (Deepak Chopra)—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence. At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence. In  The Book, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. Amazon.com Review Modern Western culture and technology is inextricably tied to the belief in the existence of a self as a separate ego, separated from and in conflict with the rest of the world. In this classic book, Watts provides a lucid and simple presentation of an alternative view based on Hindu and Vedantic philosophy. Review “Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.’” — Los Angeles Times From the Inside Flap ck on the illusion that the self is a separate ego that confronts a universe of alien physical objects. From the Back Cover A witty attack on the illusion that the self is a separate ego that confronts a universe of alien physical objects. About the Author 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.

Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches

Languages: English