title: Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion (Alan Watts Love of Wisdom Library)
author:  Alan Watts 
description: The taped lectures of Alan Watts have inspired a generation. Now, in handsomely designed little volumes, of which this is the first, they are appearing in print form. Few people in the middle of the century spoke as eloquently as Watts about Zen. Here, five of his justly famous lectures?three of the so-called "Japan Lectures" and two, delivered on his Sausalito house boat, on Tibetan Buddhism?are now transcribed and compiled. Especially welcome is the transcription of the renowned "Religion of No Religion" lecture in which some of the most difficult Buddhist concepts are presented with such lucidity as to make us gasp. Watts, an Episcopal priest who became a Zen scholar, was an accomplished stylist; and although his famous voice and happy laughter are missing now, his penetrating vision of Buddhism remains, and his lectures become brilliant prose in book form. This series, and this volume in particular, will be important to any new student of the East's religions. <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  > > **ALAN W. WATTS**  
  >  _ **The Wisdom of Insecurity**_
  
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  > > Alan W. Watts, who held both a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate
  > of divinity, is best remembered as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in
  > particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. Standing apart,
  > however, from sectarian membership, he has earned the reputation of being
  > one of the most original and “unrutted” philosophers of the twentieth
  > century. Watts was the author of some twenty books on the philosophy and
  > psychology of religion that have been published in many languages throughout
  > the world, including the bestselling _The Way of Zen_. An avid lecturer,
  > Watts appeared regularly on the radio and hosted the popular television
  > series, _Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life_ , in the 1960s. He died in 1973.
  
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