Alan Watts

Alan Watts

Date of Birth:

Jan 06, 1915

Place of Birth:

Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK

Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.

filmography:

Zen: The Best of Alan Watts Zen: The Best of Alan Watts

1994

Buddhism, Man and Nature Buddhism, Man and Nature

1968

Zen and Now Zen and Now

1969

Everything Everything

2017

Time and the More It Changes Time and the More It Changes

1972

Until There Was Nothing Until There Was Nothing

2020

Flow of Zen Flow of Zen

1969

The Art of Meditation The Art of Meditation

1971

Work as Play Work as Play

1973

Conversation with Myself Conversation with Myself

1972

Zen Dog Zen Dog

2016

The Monkey Conflict The Monkey Conflict

2024

Play Play

2018

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