Alan Watts Lectures Alan Watts - 02 01 - Philosophies of Asia - Relevance of Oriental Philosophy II
6 snips
Mar 17, 2022 AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Faith as Letting Go
- Faith is the act of letting go, including letting go of God in a non-atheistic sense.
- Existence is strange and wondrous, challenging the mechanistic myth of the universe.
Wonder Grounds Philosophy
- Wonder is the foundation of philosophy and a feeling rather than a question.
- Existence is relational; qualities depend on perception and living beings.
Experience Over Belief
- Hindu and Buddhist disciplines focus on direct experience, not on beliefs or commandments.
- Their practices aim to dissolve the illusion of the separate self, transforming consciousness.