"Alan Watts's essays and talks range widely through psychology, art, religion, and politics, but always come home to the Zen core. For those familiar with Alan Watts's style of presentation, the wonderful, memorable, and prophetic style of his voice is captured in this volume. Talking Zen puts on display Watts's ability to explore the very subtle philosophies, those common across traditions and those unique to Zen, in ordinary and accessible language....

Of equal interest to the general reader and the serious student, "The Way of Zen" delves into the origins and history of Zen and explains its principles and practice with superb clarity. --Publisher.