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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 48 quotes by Alan Watts Part of a series on Western Buddhism Main articles Western Buddhism Buddhist modernism Buddhism in the United States Historical Greco-Buddhism Buddhism and the Roman world Tibetan dissemination 14th Dalai Lama In the United States Chögyam Trungpa In England Geshe Kelsang Gyatso In Germany Lama Anagarika Govinda Theravada dissemination Vipassana movement In England Anagarika Dharmapala Sangharakshita Ajahn Chah In Germany Nyanatiloka Nyanaponika... Read full biography of Alan Watts → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. 0 To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown.... → 0 How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque... → 0 Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly... → 0 I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. 0 You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you. 0 But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. 0 You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean. 0 We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain. 0 Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. 0 No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. 0 Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. 0 In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a... → 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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48 quotes by Alan Watts