The Four Noble Truths | Alan Watts

Alan Watts on the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
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  • @KnowZone2024
    @KnowZone2024Ай бұрын

    Do you agree or disagree with Alan Watts? Are you afraid of death? Let us know your thoughts in the comments! If you value this content please consider subscribing to our channel!

  • @DanDevey

    @DanDevey

    Ай бұрын

    'I'm not afraid of death. But I am afraid of dying'.

  • @KnowZone2024

    @KnowZone2024

    Ай бұрын

    @@DanDevey I would say that most people are afraid of both

  • @DanDevey

    @DanDevey

    Ай бұрын

    @@KnowZone2024 being afraid of something you've not experienced is folly. Don't hold on when there's nothing to hold on to.

  • @KnowZone2024

    @KnowZone2024

    Ай бұрын

    @@DanDevey So true

  • @Brother_Jerry

    @Brother_Jerry

    Ай бұрын

    New subscriber here 🙏

  • @christopherscotellaro
    @christopherscotellaro15 күн бұрын

    The gift of gab AW and Mckenna, Ram Das, even my fave Joseph Campbell possessed was truly astounding. Their minds and verbiage combined with flawless knowledge of the subject matter was and is, thanks to KZread, divine. Christopher Hitchens also had such a mind. Grateful to the fellas who started KZread in the 1990s - the greatest social media platforms ever invented. The bibliography of the world. 🌎 peace ✌️

  • @AdventureSam

    @AdventureSam

    3 күн бұрын

    Great selection of people!

  • @solomit1
    @solomit113 күн бұрын

    Beautiful music with Alan watts words helps to going deeper in mediation with bliss bless everyone have a nice day where ever you are in this world 💗

  • @pheresy1367
    @pheresy1367Ай бұрын

    The cause of suffering is called THRISHNA, not "Krishna". It's where we get the word "thirst".

  • @nicholasarrow2443

    @nicholasarrow2443

    18 күн бұрын

    Yeh the subtitles are pretty clueless. Need a Buddhist proofreader.

  • @shellw1506

    @shellw1506

    17 күн бұрын

    AI Generated translation, probably.

  • @John-me7tx

    @John-me7tx

    12 күн бұрын

    Legalism, missing point.

  • @pheresy1367

    @pheresy1367

    11 күн бұрын

    @@John-me7tx Not missing the point at all, it's a worthy correction. Whenever someone puts something out there to be considered, they should expect corrections.

  • @wildernesshermit
    @wildernesshermit14 күн бұрын

    Beautiful presentation, many thanks.

  • @TheTrevelyansway
    @TheTrevelyansway5 күн бұрын

    I feel like I understand Allan Watts because I seek the truth and understanding of the universe and yet enjoy the pleasures of drugs and alcohol.

  • @_lonelywolf
    @_lonelywolf13 күн бұрын

    Absolutely accurate and beautiful.

  • @Nirvana.inc999
    @Nirvana.inc999Ай бұрын

    Thank you for the subtitles 🙏 I forgot my headphones and went out to eat bymyself and I was able to tap into this instead of the environment. Bless you all.

  • @rogerunderhill4267

    @rogerunderhill4267

    Ай бұрын

    Be careful, the subtitles are way off in many places

  • @themikeferry

    @themikeferry

    23 күн бұрын

    @@rogerunderhill4267 they are fine.

  • @octopusfly
    @octopusfly9 күн бұрын

    Melinda! That song slaps! Your banter is wise and soul-soothing~ I love you, too. ~an American in Korea 🇰🇷

  • @sylvainpoussard1699
    @sylvainpoussard169924 күн бұрын

    Thanks you. Middle way as the point of gravity, a point of balance, a point of équilibrium...a géométric view of univers, ...maybe hologramic...The dreamer wake up, has butterfly..you know the story . Thanks 🙏🙏💎

  • @nataliaprodan9335
    @nataliaprodan9335Ай бұрын

    I appreciate your work 💖👏💐

  • @jamaalsjourney
    @jamaalsjourneyАй бұрын

    Thank u please upload more

  • @1-0-8
    @1-0-820 күн бұрын

    I enjoyed the video apart from the poorly translated subtitles which could confuse the inexperienced . Please correct .

  • @thecore6901
    @thecore6901Ай бұрын

    Timeless teachings and theories...metron ariston. Socrates. 😊

  • @PR-tq8yo
    @PR-tq8yo20 күн бұрын

    The subtitles are not doing justice to someone like Alan Watts.

  • @Pickledsundae

    @Pickledsundae

    15 күн бұрын

    Music*

  • @junkettarp8942
    @junkettarp8942Ай бұрын

    Jai Guru Dev.

  • @ALushPair

    @ALushPair

    Ай бұрын

    Yessssss

  • @JUNGBODHISATTVA
    @JUNGBODHISATTVA27 күн бұрын

    Beautifully put. I believe alan watts to have been a great bodhisattva. Namo Buddhaya ❤

  • @Lumalnatti11

    @Lumalnatti11

    23 күн бұрын

    I bet he was very happy. He didn't seem to be sitting in front of a computer doing transactions or watching You Tube.

  • @samghising2170

    @samghising2170

    22 күн бұрын

    Bohisattva is not an intellectual affair only, to be bodhisattva one must practice it and which require a strong dedication and effort and one may have a true realisation of a bodhisattva

  • @tomwirt319
    @tomwirt31924 күн бұрын

    There is in the universe, a life force, it is those few actions and beliefs that cause life to exist and grow. Suffering comes when you do or believe things that differ from the ĺife lorce.. if you feel suffering figure out what you are doing or believing that is at odds with the life force. .

  • @JeffreySiereveld
    @JeffreySiereveld16 күн бұрын

    What gets cut out around 3:53 when he says, "I don't want to suffer, and I" (subtitles continues with "want to find someone" but it gets choppy. There's briefly another line of subtitle that comes up next that says, "of suffering" but it doesn't match what he is saying. Weird...Oh wow, these subtitles are terrible, lol.

  • @GreenMindxD
    @GreenMindxDАй бұрын

    He is saying "trishna" not Krishna

  • @reiperx1064

    @reiperx1064

    Ай бұрын

    Also "dithering" not "differing"

  • @venkyn9209

    @venkyn9209

    Ай бұрын

    I came to the comments to say exactly this. Thanks

  • @antonyirvine9338
    @antonyirvine9338Ай бұрын

    Can the bloody music!

  • @anthonyhughes8026

    @anthonyhughes8026

    28 күн бұрын

    Can the bloody music what? 🫠

  • @bodhi9464

    @bodhi9464

    27 күн бұрын

    He means put the music in the “ trash “ can …

  • @andjunglepunkthirteen760

    @andjunglepunkthirteen760

    17 күн бұрын

    @@bodhi9464no, we’re quite certain that he’s asking if the music can be shifted to a Dminor progression. Maybe a Csharp, maybe.

  • @murmerjangle3016

    @murmerjangle3016

    15 күн бұрын

    @@andjunglepunkthirteen760 😁 I love smartasses.

  • @duncanb11
    @duncanb11Ай бұрын

    "I don't want to suffer and I want to find someone or something that can kill me of suffering?" You gotta fix this. Alan Watts is not saying, "Kill me of suffering." LOL!

  • @supp282
    @supp28226 күн бұрын

    I dont mind that he was an alcoholic. The fact that he was actually makes me think that no one is perfect and its totally ok He never tried to convince anyone of anything, he just liked talking and people like listening, thats all

  • @rogerunderhill4267
    @rogerunderhill4267Ай бұрын

    The subtitles are way off and completely wrong words in many places. Pls redo them manually. Thx. But it’s a nice talk 😊

  • @Komorebi108

    @Komorebi108

    10 күн бұрын

    Yes please correct those subtitles!

  • @briobarb8525

    @briobarb8525

    8 күн бұрын

    Then maybe appreciate it for what it is...and don't concern yourself with perfection. Namaste

  • @robinsings
    @robinsings13 күн бұрын

  • @Geriya
    @Geriya13 күн бұрын

    නමෝ බුද්ධ ❤

  • @Ming-qm3pv
    @Ming-qm3pv17 күн бұрын

    A good one by Alan. I think the earliest writings of Buddhism will be in Pali/Pakit. Sanskrit came later and still later came Classical Sanskrit which we have now. It's written in the dev nagri script which is around the 10th century I think. It may alter some meaning of certain words

  • @timothyblazer1749

    @timothyblazer1749

    15 күн бұрын

    Sanskrit is the older tongue, FYI. But it was fairly dead back in 600BC. Its revival later doesn't reflect on its age.

  • @saransong5547
    @saransong554719 күн бұрын

    I suggest just listen and dont look at the screen. The subtitles are full of errors.

  • @musicnasa666
    @musicnasa66618 күн бұрын

    I m too stupid to understand

  • @travisferkich3605
    @travisferkich360517 күн бұрын

    Ok first, just as I was about to begin this statement, all the lights around me flashed off and then back on, so this comment which I debated on leaving, is meant to be. To blow out in Alan's perception isn't necessarily wrong nor right, but let's break down the point of breathing like Watts pointed out. To breathe in, is to fill up, take in..consume. To blow out is just the opposite of such actions. To blow out in breathing analogies, is to let go, release, detach, and is no longer you but a part of self was influenced at some point. Studying myself for a decade, I'm no where near this space consistently, but I have been in and out. Which leads me to something outside of this topic that's widely misperceived... Enlightened spaces does not mean you transcend suffering in any matter or form. It's the complete opposite with one shift in internal awareness. In the light is the end is Enlightened. Meaning that you are the awareness of every side of the coin, but that awareness that you trained your nervous system, body, mind, emotions, and spirit for, is that no matter the sum total of stimuli, your awareness does not waiver into one way or the other. That's why desire or want or need must no long be present because when this occurs, every desire is available at your reach. Buddha played a whole other game most may not be aware of, and that's the cat and mouse of awareness and detachment in every nanosecond. Anyway, if you read this far..cool..if not, that's cool too. This is my first ever KZread comment, and hopefully my last, as I choose to observe and pivot...

  • @BuddhaAfterDark
    @BuddhaAfterDark22 күн бұрын

    Watts knows :)

  • @AllanJones-mb7dt
    @AllanJones-mb7dt26 күн бұрын

    Hare Krishna.

  • @andjunglepunkthirteen760
    @andjunglepunkthirteen76017 күн бұрын

    Watts with the spot-on Japaneesy impression 😂

  • @adriandeasy8810
    @adriandeasy881012 күн бұрын

    Along the way as wu wei and advaita vedanta no want is the greatest bliss let go of everything and remain as what remains pure consciousness atman brahman shiva beingness krishna consciousness Buddha nature christ consciousness its all the same thing there is no separateness go beyond the body mind beyond concepts beyond idea's imagination beyond even beyondness and just be abide in the self, namaste 🙏 let there be peace let there be love for all beings universal om 🕉 shanti shanti shanti 🕉 🙏

  • @tageschance5501
    @tageschance550114 күн бұрын

    😮

  • @atiger4716
    @atiger471614 күн бұрын

    Thanks very much for your work. Only a comment, the subtitles are no so faithful to the speech, and it could bring confusion and or wrong ideas, it could be better not to put subtitles or do it more careful. Thanks again

  • @briobarb8525

    @briobarb8525

    8 күн бұрын

    How nicely said.

  • @user-wc3ff2ee4f
    @user-wc3ff2ee4f28 күн бұрын

    Click bating “the trap” over a set of beliefs in which people find liberation is a bit backwards don’t you think..

  • @IBertal
    @IBertal18 күн бұрын

    @ 3:54 there is a cut clip, words are missing

  • @ThomasRuf-dc3lx
    @ThomasRuf-dc3lx14 күн бұрын

    Truth conqs.

  • @karamelograno3822
    @karamelograno382214 күн бұрын

    sounds like him

  • @fredrikpettersson2693
    @fredrikpettersson269317 күн бұрын

    The trap of others forms a collective trap. First you need to free your self from That trap. Then your own.

  • @murmerjangle3016

    @murmerjangle3016

    15 күн бұрын

    I've also heard it posited in reverse. That you must first free yourself if you hope to help others out of the trap.

  • @Bau-Rei
    @Bau-Rei16 күн бұрын

    Love the message, not the messenger

  • @ansn5108

    @ansn5108

    15 күн бұрын

    Oh really? How come?

  • @AD-kv9kj

    @AD-kv9kj

    14 күн бұрын

    I hope you're in fact just making a good observation that the message is all that's important, rather than merely judging a person you never met and showing no love for fellow human beings who were just doing the best they could to help society. If the latter is so, then that shows you don't understand the message at all.

  • @briobarb8525

    @briobarb8525

    8 күн бұрын

    ​@@AD-kv9kj So true!

  • @Bau-Rei

    @Bau-Rei

    5 сағат бұрын

    @@AD-kv9kj That's what I meant, the message is what matters.

  • @raviabram3383
    @raviabram338317 күн бұрын

    Trishna not Krishna in closed captioning.

  • @kenczerwinski6365
    @kenczerwinski636516 күн бұрын

    What is up with microphone?🤔

  • @atanubardhan8116
    @atanubardhan81169 күн бұрын

    Grave mistake at 4:16 ... it's not KRISHNA, but TRISHNA (craving.)

  • @robertgrey7918
    @robertgrey791828 күн бұрын

    Lovely images, but what a lot of spelling mistakes in three languages!

  • @Andrew-dg7qm
    @Andrew-dg7qm20 күн бұрын

    Trishna, not Krishna (clinging, attachment)

  • @John-me7tx
    @John-me7tx13 күн бұрын

    Who runs this site? Suspicious...

  • @peacewarrior4916
    @peacewarrior491617 күн бұрын

    ✨🫂💚✨

  • @aungkhin6903
    @aungkhin690317 күн бұрын

    Not Krishna, but trishna!

  • @rudyponzio5871
    @rudyponzio587119 күн бұрын

    The entire animal kingdom has no problem existing. They don't argue what's up or down or all around. While spinning on a rock in the vacuum of space at over 1200 mikes per hour in what amounts to an invisible amount of universal plank time. Only humans convolute what's living for. Ha.lol

  • @murmerjangle3016

    @murmerjangle3016

    15 күн бұрын

    well said

  • @rudyponzio5871

    @rudyponzio5871

    15 күн бұрын

    @@murmerjangle3016 🙏🏻 🙏🏻What's more of a pointing you would never arrive to yourself. Well almost never. 🙏🏻. About this further.... In thinking about all new life coming in not here yet? About their base line understandings of chaste in any direction. In a world where inside out is not backwards...? You wonder about the human fabric's ability to stand up to ...a reality where no vulgarity exist or is called out as such therefore it's passed around to be understood as none exist? Drawn back far enough to capture.... Where some one knowingly attributed to damages upon other human strangers and at onset is far from found out? That one might embrace and be better off being accused or found out. Then continue in denial rather than in the self secrecy that was never suspect or challenged....Put to math and science... As sure as whisper down the lane's folly of accuracy is a given. Reality tells us so goes every institution's crystallized damage's coffers of denial's.

  • @Hahaheeheehoho
    @HahaheeheehohoАй бұрын

    Alan Watts wasn't a Buddha and he more or less drank himself to death.Never the less he was a fascinating philosopher and his talks were stimulating and thought provoking.

  • @hafunland894

    @hafunland894

    Ай бұрын

    The ultimate path to nirvana is getting drunk?

  • @VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes

    @VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes

    Ай бұрын

    @@hafunland894he wasnt the path. He knew the path but didn’t fully surrender into it. And that’s okay. “Do as I say, not as I do”

  • @avp192

    @avp192

    Ай бұрын

    The ultimate path is attaining Breatheless state 😉 ... kevala Kumbakam... in doing that for long time the kundalini will rise leading to enlightment ..but for all this one needs a guru. Its what they say i have not experienced it , But the practices are effective the breathinng techniques will calm us down but it needs regular practice . Infact only with suffering people turn inward so its a hidden blessing.

  • @Brother_Jerry

    @Brother_Jerry

    Ай бұрын

    A brilliant man, alcoholic or not ❤

  • @ALushPair

    @ALushPair

    Ай бұрын

    So you not only don't know anything about watts but even less about buddhism

  • @Feargamelioncheetahs
    @Feargamelioncheetahs21 күн бұрын

    The devil goes out it’s way to be deceptively clever it never stop until it owns ur soul

  • @AlphaQ922

    @AlphaQ922

    16 күн бұрын

    Funny that u mention it coz Buddha said that there is no individual soul.. without knowing Buddhism u cast aspersions and call it devil inspired ..

  • @irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery
    @irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery19 күн бұрын

    How is following Buddha any different than following Jesus ? I wonder because you say all religions are a bust, but yet you're telling us about Buddhism. Mixed signals Mr.Watts

  • @KAKUPS-1972

    @KAKUPS-1972

    18 күн бұрын

    Buddhism shouldn't be classified under religion because it's not one. Alan Watts spoke about this in one of his lectures. Reason being is it doesn't adhere or conform to a strict set of beliefs &/or rules.... There is no right or wrong way. We each have a different path in life to walk based on the choices we make.

  • @AlphaQ922

    @AlphaQ922

    16 күн бұрын

    And Buddhism doesn’t require you to follow Buddha .. you don’t need to pray to him and he won’t get angry with you if you don’t pray to him nor will he send you to heaven or hell .. u are looking at this through the lens of Abrahamic faiths..

  • @jamesstrom6991

    @jamesstrom6991

    16 күн бұрын

    Buddhism is not in the least about faith or divinity. Buddhism is a practical approach to internal peace.

  • @John-me7tx

    @John-me7tx

    12 күн бұрын

    Blind u r

  • @mountaintruth1deeds533
    @mountaintruth1deeds53324 күн бұрын

    Well..all this and a dollar gets you a cup of coffee🤔

  • @Jamesdhillegas

    @Jamesdhillegas

    19 күн бұрын

    Where you get coffee for a buck?!

  • @ThroneofDavid8
    @ThroneofDavid819 күн бұрын

    Before Buddha, was I AM.

  • @phoenixkse3925
    @phoenixkse39256 күн бұрын

    These subtitles though... who wrote them?? They're so bad.

  • @shibualapatt6176
    @shibualapatt617625 күн бұрын

    You are giving wrong definition for Krishna.

  • @saransong5547

    @saransong5547

    19 күн бұрын

    Thrishna! These sub titles are wrong!

  • @Feargamelioncheetahs
    @Feargamelioncheetahs21 күн бұрын

    Facts I’m not jealous of the devil or none of its disciples I c the results no thanks

  • @beatryzxayara
    @beatryzxayara29 күн бұрын

    Бода

  • @aeopmusic
    @aeopmusic24 күн бұрын

    Wonderful - but GET RID OF THE CLICHE STEREOTYPICAL EMOTIONAL PIANO. Attempting to provoke an emotional response with your artificial insertion does Watts and the Buddha a disservice.

  • @ptkettlehatsandthegang
    @ptkettlehatsandthegangАй бұрын

    4:47 JOIN MY CULT

  • @jamesrubysoslut7477

    @jamesrubysoslut7477

    Ай бұрын

    How do you join something that doesn’t exist?

  • @venkyn9209

    @venkyn9209

    Ай бұрын

    Bruh. Wyd? Relax

  • @tharealist824
    @tharealist824Ай бұрын

    This is AI voice

  • @mohammad4110

    @mohammad4110

    Ай бұрын

    Wut😂 Don't confuse it brother. This is real

  • @youbetyourwrasse

    @youbetyourwrasse

    Ай бұрын

    Realize this was recorded 70 years ago or so.

  • @gopikspm

    @gopikspm

    28 күн бұрын

    So what

  • @michelefiorindo

    @michelefiorindo

    26 күн бұрын

    I think you mean Al-an? 😊

  • @spindoodlestudios7276

    @spindoodlestudios7276

    25 күн бұрын

    A.W. voice …

  • @Invest4Cash-Flow
    @Invest4Cash-Flow22 күн бұрын

    🎉🎉🎉