THE LEGACYO F ASIAA ND WESTERN MAN THE LEGACY OF ASIA AND WESTERN MAN A Studtyh Meofi ddWl eqy BY ALANW . WATTS LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. F�rst Edition TrJ37 CONTENTS PAGI! INrnODUCTION XI I THOW ISDOMO fA siA I II T1mFR urro F TnBT aEB 41 [[[T HB SoNO PG oo AND MAN 72 IV TRE SBCRo!!FT TllBll nARDI!n l3ARIIAniAN 104 v THnG Rr.ATR ENUNCIATION 128 CoNCLUsiON 154 .BJDLIOGRAI'IIY J6I GLOSSA..RY. ICi!) IND UX: IB I vii NOTE s A booki sr ather oft haanb outth e this a propos philosoapnhdy religtihoeEn a stof,w ould I espealcildyi rethcrete adaetrt'esn ttioto hnBe i bliography and Glossaartty h een d.T hef ormiesarc ompreshievne selecotifot nh ei nnumerwaobrlkeos n V edanBtuad,­ dhismT,a oisamn dY ogap ublisihnEe ndg lisFhr,e nch and GC'rmanT.h ibso oki sl esas d escrioptfti hoen infotrimoacno ntaiinnte hde wsoer ktsh aan g uidteo itan, accatomfCt C' rtparini nciwphliecsh make will if moreu nderstantdoat bhleWe e stemmi nd.I tm ight therebfeoc raleel da preftaocb eo okosn th e wisdom ofA siwah,i lteh Bei bliogrfaoprhmyts h ec ontenltsi st oft hmea iwno rk.I nevitas atubdloyyf E asterrne ligions involtvheseu scof t echntiecramwlsh icchan onlyb e translabtyea ds entenocrae p aragrainp Ehn glishAl:l thei mportatnetr musse din this booakr ber iefldye fined �c Glossarfyo,tr h oumganhy ofth ema recx plained i.q the textth,e ciorn straenctu rrreenqcueia r bersi efer definitioena sitlohy a nd. Im ustt akthei osp portuonfti htanyk ingC ranmer­ Mr. Byngt,h peu blisrheeard'anesrd Mr, . Christmas Hum­ phrefyosrg ivingm any valuacbolmmeen tsan d sug­ gestiownsh ichha vbee eonf t heg reatuseset. An d JX NOTE fohre lipn a numbeorf s mallb utim portawnaty am idnebtteodD r.L ionGeill easn dMr . John Watkins. ALAN W. WATTS TREE RowAN CoTTAGE, Cmsi.E.HtrnST. 193 Spring7,· INTRODUCTION IF t hibso okh adb eewnr itttehnr eheu ndryeeda rs agoi,t tisd ew oulhda vree aldi kthise: The ReligainodPu hsi losoLpehgiacocafyCl e ntarnadlE astern Asiacn,os ideirner de lattioto hneS piriPtr�o1balloe fm s WestMeamn -beiaSn tgu doyft hMei ddWlaey as expressed inB uddihsmT,ao isamu dV edauttoag,e wtihteahrne xamina­ tioonfi ts rewliattChih orniss tainaMd1o 1dietPmys ychology, ande vetnh awto ulhda vbee ena littlien adequate. Convention, fhoorwcueesvst e orc ,o nfiniett ot he The shorttehro uglhe sesx plifcoir:tm LegaocfyA sia audW esteMma n.B utt hiissn ots impalb yo oakb out . OrienPthaill osoapnhdRy e ligioortn h osoetheirf, leismsp oarnttp,a rotfsA sial'esg acy-ahretlr,i terature andl awe,x ceipnts of aars t hebseea dri recotnlo uyr subjeAcltr.e atdhye riesa largeen ougnhu mbeorf b_ooks thoewn i sdomt hEea scto ndseirebdyi tself, nf for most writtbeysn c holaanrsds tudenotfs cl1c part comparartdiivgei1 o n.thel asfitf tyye artrsc men- In 1 Ii.ti� u t�·nto·n sotteid nugit ns p iotfte heriatrhli meirte d:t ppeal, onll uddhiaslmo tnhee anr�ac l mo2s,t0 00b ookins E nglisanhd at leatwsitc teh antu mbeirnF renancdhG ermanT.h en umbeorn othebrr ancheso fO riL.'Iltpahli losoVcp dh:myt-aY,o gaT,a oism, Confuci:mSisumfi,is Zmo,r o:tsttiJanaisminis,mM o,hi sman dT antr3 -has nevbeereC nOl UltAcpda.rfr to mth osises uebdyw cll-knowu publishinhgo usehsu,n drearcd sp ublisehveedry ye arb ys ocieties audp rivaitned iviind wElurso prA,m eriacnad A siaal ,ar gpe ro­ porticonw no ft heAs iatoicm:s bcing writteinn E nglish. xi