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Tag: Alan Watts
Satcitananda – Alan Watts
“God in Indian mythology is the self,
Satcitananda.
Which means sat, that which is,
chit, that which is
consciousness;
that which is ananda is bliss.”
Alan Watts – The Way of Zen
A little light vacation reading. Alan explains Mahayana, the greater vehicle. “In short, to become a Buddha it is only necessary to have the faith that one is a Buddha already.”
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Alan Watts: inhabit the present
”If to enjoy even an enjoyable present we must have the assurance of a happy future, we are “crying for the moon.” We have no such assurance. The best predictions are still matters of probability rather than certainty, and to the best of our knowledge every one of us is going to suffer and die. If, then, we cannot live happily without an assured future, we are certainly not adapted to living in a finite world where, despite the best plans, accidents will happen, and where death comes at the end.”
