A review by mistercope
The Way of Zen by Alan Watts

5.0

This is both one of the most comprehensive and one of the most mentally-digestible books on Zen Buddhism that I have read. Watts provides the history of Eastern thought in the first half of the book with writing that is engaging and clear. In the second half, Watts describes the application of Zen. It is obvious throughout the work that Watts is aware of his audience and he makes the effort necessary to help the Western reader understand Zen. I was fortunate to pick this up as part of my introduction to Buddhism and I am glad that I have it now because every reading provides fresh insight.