Alana Honu

ʻO Alan Wilson Watts (6 Ianuali 1915 - 16 Nowemapa 1973) he Pelekane^[1] mea kākau moʻolelo nana i wehewehe a pāleka ʻ .lelo Kanaka no ka Al lehulehu. Hanau ma ʻO Chislehurst, ʻEnelani, ua neʻe ʻo ia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1938 a hoʻomaka Zen hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma New York. Ke hele nei i ka hana, ua hele ʻo ia Seminary Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia kahi kekelē laeoʻo ma theology. ^ E Ha yM. Ua lilo ʻo Watts i kahi ʻO Episcopal kahuna i ka makahiki 1945, a laila haʻalele i ka hana ma ka makahiki 1950 a neʻe ʻia Hawaii, kahi i hui pu ai oia me ke kuhina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

Loaʻa i nā watts i mea nui ma hope o Ka mokuʻo San Francisco Bay oiai e hana ana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohālike papahana ma KPFA, he Pōʻalima Radio hale i loko Berkeley. ^ E Ha yM. Ua kākau ʻo Watts ma mua o 25 mau puke a me nā ʻatikala e pili ana i nā kumuhana nui i Hawaiian a Western haipule, e hōʻike ana i ka burgeoning a laila ʻōpio ʻōpiopio i Ke ala o Zen (1957), kekahi o nā puke kūʻai makana mua ma Hoʻomana Buda. i Psychotherapy East a me West (1961), manaʻo ʻo Watts e hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia kahi Buddhist he ʻano o nā kālaihana aole he hoomana. Ua noonoo oia Koiā, kāne a me ka Wahine (1958) ʻo ia, "mai kahi manaʻo moʻokalaleo-ʻo ia ka puke maikaʻi loa aʻu i kākau ai."^[2] Ua ʻimi pū kekahi i ka ʻike kanaka i ka moʻolelo “The New Alchemy” (1958) a i loko o ka puke ʻO ka Haku Hauʻoli (1962).

I ka pau ʻana o kona ola, hoʻokaʻawale ʻo ia i kona manawa ma waena o kahi pahu pahu i loko Sausalito a kauha? i Mauka Tamalpais. ^ E Ha yM. Wahi a ka mea hoʻohewa ʻO Erik Davis, kāna mau "kākau a me nā kamaʻilio i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ʻālohilohi mau ana me kahi lucidity hohonu a me ka galvanizing."^[3]