a lecture on zhuangzi's taoist philosophy, covering the value of uselessness, relativism, wu wei, and the eternal present moment.

a lecture by alan watts on te, the second term of lao tzu's tao te ching, exploring virtue as unselfconscious natural skill and its implications for government, self, and the unity

an incomplete recording of a talk on daoism, covering lao tzu and zhuangzi on wu wei, the futility of enforced law and morality, and the body as a self governing organism.

a nearly three hour seminar in which alan watts traces the archetype of the court jester through social institutions, gurdjieff's way of the sly man, and the transformation of anxi

alan watts discusses wu wei, the taoist principle of not forcing action, and the related concept of li, or organic pattern, drawing on chinese poetry and the japanese aesthetic of