Zen Buddhism and Social Transformation

Breht and Alyson explore Simone de Beauvoir's The Ethics of Ambiguity, a foundational work of existentialist ethics that asks a deceptively difficult question: if there is no God, no predetermined human purpose, and no absolute moral order written into the universe, why shouldn't ...  Show more

Through one family's journey from socialist China to the United States, we explore the gulf between the mythology of the American Dream and the realities of American capitalism. From the Cultural Revolution and Voice of America to racial and class hierarchies, liberal academia, a ...  Show more

Alan Watts - Far Beyond the West - Modern Philosophy, Eastern Philosophy, Zen, Buddhism, Hindu Philosophy, Tao, Taoism Alan Watts provides insights into how to break through this veil that holds us back & does so in an easy to comprehend, yet profound manner.  Watts discusses the ...  Show more

Alan Watts discusses the Psychedelic Experience and The Summer of Love. This is a lecture series on the Zen Buddhist teachings of the Tao, Taoism, Mystical Revelations and Eastern Philosophy.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theenthusiasts/support 

Special guest Robert Wright joins the podcast to discuss his latest book "Why Buddhism is True." What is the Buddhist conception of not-self?
When we become aware that the boundaries between us and the world are fluid, what is the "we" that arrives at this insight? Can d ...