Two monks returning to a monastery in the evening It had rained Puddles of water had collected on the road At one place a beautiful woman Was unable to cross the road because of a puddle The elder monk lifted and carried her across Leaving her on the other side; then went his way Later […]
Category: Alan Watts
You Are Not Who You Think You Are
Look to the heavens, see what is happening You are not who you think you are. Everything in and around you The cosmic unfolding Of countless events Appearing, disappearing Rising and falling Right now, now again… That is all you are, Beyond comprehension all that is– Keeping this in mind While you continue a separate […]
Esoteric
After all, as you lie in my arms knowing all needing nothing but what is, the earth rolling away from the sun Thunder rolling in the distance Can you hear the thunder of death, my dear? Yes, I hear it and more, I hear a sound Not everyone can hear, I feel an energy not everyone […]
Shock
Some One Asked What I Meant When I Said The Oneness of Being I was shocked they didn’t know
Where Does Buddha Sit?
In truth Buddha nature is everything, so then Did Buddha nature play a part in Bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima and why Are the histories of the Buddhist east As bloody and as savage as the war-torn Christian west? I have no easy answers But offer this Buddha Nature-Nuclear bomb Nirvana a bomb To the illusion […]
Have a Tao Day
Alan Watts on Insecurity What can I say? Am I not as I am Not I as… but I am, as I am not Rayn Roberts
