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Watts, Alan Wilson

Born: 1915 AD
Died: 1973 AD, at 58 years of age.

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US (English-born) philosopher and popularizer of Buddhism

 

immigrated to US 1938 (naturalized US citizen 1943)

 

ordained Anglican priest 1944

 

wrote "The Spirit of Zen" 1936, "The Meaning of Happiness" 1940, "The Way of Zen" 1957, "The Joyous Cosmology" 1962, autobiography "In My Own Way: An Autobiography, 1915-1945" 1972






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