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[–] doggone 1 points (+1|-0)

I'm starting to not like Alan Watts.

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

As David Chadwick recounted in his biography of Shunryu Suzuki , Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki, when a student of Suzuki's disparaged Watts by saying "we used to think he was profound until we found the real thing", Suzuki fumed with a sudden intensity, saying, "You completely miss the point about Alan Watts! You should notice what he has done. He is a great bodhisattva."

I am inclined to side with Suzuki

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

k, just block the sub :)

[–] doggone 1 points (+1|-0)

I'm not looking to block anything. I'm discussing.

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

Ah no worries, I'll come back to the discussion tomorrow as I'm hopping off for the night. What's causing your shift in thinking?