Alan Watts

Known for ActingBorn 1915-01-06Died 1973-11-16Chislehurst, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

The Art of Meditation

Zen Dog

Everything

The Monkey Conflict

The Great Stream

Until There Was Nothing

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Zen: The Best of Alan Watts

Work as Play

Conversation with Myself

Time and the More It Changes

The Flow of Zen

Zen and Now

Buddhism, Man and Nature

Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

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TRUST THE UNIVERSE: The Philosophy of Alan Watts