The Four Noble Truths | Alan Watts

Alan Watts on the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
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[@KnowZone2024]

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]

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

[@KnowZone2024]

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

[@DanDevey]

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

[@KnowZone2024]

@@DanDevey So true

[@Brother_Jerry]

New subscriber here 🙏

[@christopherscotellaro]

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 KZbin, divine. Christopher Hitchens also had such a mind. Grateful to the fellas who started KZbin in the 1990s - the greatest social media platforms ever invented. The bibliography of the world. 🌎 peace ✌️

[@pheresy1367]

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

[@nicholasarrow2443]

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

[@shellw1506]

AI Generated translation, probably.

[@Bau-Rei]

Love the message, not the messenger

[@rogerunderhill4267]

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

[@PR-tq8yo]

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

[@Pickledsundae]

Music*

[@GreenMindxD]

He is saying "trishna" not Krishna

[@reiperx1064]

Also "dithering" not "differing"

[@venkyn9209]

I came to the comments to say exactly this. Thanks

[@sylvainpoussard1699]

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 🙏🙏💎

[@Nirvana.inc999]

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]

Be careful, the subtitles are way off in many places

[@themikeferry]

@@rogerunderhill4267 they are fine.

[@antonyirvine9338]

Can the bloody music!

[@anthonyhughes8026]

Can the bloody music what? 🫠

[@bodhi9464]

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

[@andjunglepunkthirteen760]

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

[@tomwirt319]

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. .

[@junkettarp8942]

Jai Guru Dev.

[@ALushPair]

Yessssss

[@jamaalsjourney]

Thank u please upload more

[@nataliaprodan9335]

I appreciate your work 💖👏💐

[@JUNGBODHISATTVA]

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

[@worldisillusion11]

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]

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

[@1-0-8]

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

[@thecore6901]

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

[@JeffreySiereveld]

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.

[@andjunglepunkthirteen760]

Watts with the spot-on Japaneesy impression 😂

[@Ming-qm3pv]

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]

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

[@fredrikpettersson2693]

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

[@saransong5547]

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

[@IBertal]

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

[@kenczerwinski6365]

What is up with microphone?🤔

[@AllanJones-mb7dt]

Hare Krishna.

[@travisferkich3605]

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 KZbin comment, and hopefully my last, as I choose to observe and pivot...

[@duncanb11]

"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!

[@raviabram3383]

Trishna not Krishna in closed captioning.

[@BuddhaAfterDark]

Watts knows :)

[@supp282]

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

[@Andrew-dg7qm]

Trishna, not Krishna (clinging, attachment)

[@ThroneofDavid8]

Before Buddha, was I AM.

[@Feargamelioncheetahs]

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

[@user-wc3ff2ee4f]

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

[@peacewarrior4916]

✨🫂💚✨

[@aungkhin6903]

Not Krishna, but trishna!

[@musicnasa666]

I m too stupid to understand

[@robertgrey7918]

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

[@shibualapatt6176]

You are giving wrong definition for Krishna.

[@saransong5547]

Thrishna! These sub titles are wrong!

[@mountaintruth1deeds533]

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

[@Jamesdhillegas]

Where you get coffee for a buck?!

[@beatryzxayara]

Бода

[@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@rudyponzio5871]

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

[@Hahaheeheehoho]

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]

The ultimate path to nirvana is getting drunk?

[@VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes]

@@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]

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]

A brilliant man, alcoholic or not ❤

[@ALushPair]

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

[@Feargamelioncheetahs]

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

[@AlphaQ922]

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 ..

[@aeopmusic]

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]

4:47 JOIN MY CULT

[@jamesrubysoslut7477]

How do you join something that doesn’t exist?

[@venkyn9209]

Bruh. Wyd? Relax

[@tharealist824]

This is AI voice

[@mohammad4110]

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

[@youbetyourwrasse]

Realize this was recorded 70 years ago or so.

[@gopikspm]

So what

[@michelefiorindo]

I think you mean Al-an? 😊

[@spindoodlestudios7276]

A.W. voice …

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