Author:
Alan Watts
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A revelatory primer on what it means to be human and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence, by “perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West" (Los Angeles Times).
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, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
John Lee
ISBN:
9780593683385
Length:
4 hours 32 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date:
March 21, 2023
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#24,473 Overall
Genre rank:
#217 in Philosophy
Reviews
“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.’” —Los Angeles Times"[Watts is] the perfect guide for a course correction in life." —Deepak Chopra Expand reviews