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The Way of Zen

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What’s it about?

Alan Watts reveals Zen as a radical liberation from the mind's need to grasp and control, inviting you to see reality as a seamless, ever-changing whole.

You’ll learn

  • Zen is not a belief but a way of seeing
  • The self is an illusion; awareness is real
  • Effortless action arises from letting go
  • Ordinary life is the path to awakening