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Reviews"It's easy to see why...his influence remains strong, not only in the Buddhist sanghas mushrooming across America, but throughout popular culture..." - The New York Times, Although his famous voice and happy laughter are missing now, his penetrating vision remains, and his lectures become brilliant prose in book form. -- Publishers Weekly , It's easy to see why...his influence remains strong, not only in the Buddhist sanghas mushrooming across America but throughout popular culture... -- The New York Times , "Although his famous voice and happy laughter are missing now, his penetrating vision remains, and his lectures become brilliant prose in book form." - Publishers Weekly, "It's easy to see why...his influence remains strong, not only in the Buddhist sanghas mushrooming across America but throughout popular culture..." -- The New York Times, "Although his famous voice and happy laughter are missing now, his penetrating vision remains, and his lectures become brilliant prose in book form." -- Publishers Weekly, "It's easy to see why...his influence remains strong, not only in the Buddhist sanghas mushrooming across America, but throughout popular culture..." -- The New York Times, "Although Watts' famous voice and happy laughter are missing now, his penetrating vision remains, and his lectures become brilliant prose in book form." -- Publishers Weekly
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SynopsisThe widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by its teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures. In this dynamic series of lectures, Alan Watts takes us on an exploration of Buddhism, from its roots in India to the explosion of interest in Zen and the Tibetan tradition in the West. Watts traces the Indian beginnings of Buddhism, delineates differences between Buddhism and other religions, looks at the radical methods of the Mahayan Buddhist, and reviews the Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path