ALAN WATTS, ZEN AND NOW

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: October 12, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

LAURENCE CHOLLET
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-12-1997
ALAN WATTS, ZEN AND NOW
By LAURENCE CHOLLET
Date: 10-12-1997, Sunday
Section: YOUR TIME
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday

The late Alan Watts is synonymous with Zen Buddhism and his words
are being kept alive by the Charles E. Tuttle publishing company.

The Boston-based company has come out with a series of books based
on transcripts of radio talks, seminars, and lectures that Watts gave in
this country and in Japan from the 1950s until his death in 1973.

The latest is "Zen and the Beat Way," (Tuttle, $12.95), a
fascinating look at Zen ...

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