Alan Watts: Following the Taoist Way

Alan Watts: Following the Taoist Way – Being in the Way Podcast Ep. 1 – Hosted by Mark Watts

Video Description: In the premiere episode of Being in the Way – an Alan Watts podcast – Mark Watts and Raghu introduce a dharma talk on Taoism, the interdependence of nature, and dropping out of karma.

Discussion with Mark Watts & Raghu Markus (0:00)

Eastern Philosophy: Taoism & Confucianism (10:40)

Mutual Arising: Polarity, Nature, & Interdependence  (24:32)

Dropping Out From Karma: The Way Through Now (33:16)

"The world is a system of interrelated components, none of which can survive without each other. Just as in the case of bees and flowers, you will never find bees around in place where there aren't flowers, and you will never find flowers around in a place where there aren't bees. What that tells us secretly, is that although bees and flowers look different from each other, they're inseparable. To use an important Taoist expression: they arise mutually." – Alan Watts