Alan Watts, Author, The Way of Zen, 1973 (quoted on cover of The Knee Of Listening by Franklin Jones (Adi Da; online copy at official Adidam site).
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It is obvious, from all sorts of subtle details, that he knows what IT's all about … a rare being.
— Alan Watts
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It is obvious, from all sorts of subtle details, that he knows what IT's all about … a rare being." in the context of "Alan Watts, Author, The Way of Zen, 1973 (quoted on cover of The Knee Of Listening by Franklin Jones (Adi Da; online copy at official Adidam site)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Adi Da" (Quotes about Adi Da: Arranged alphabetically by author, The Method of the Siddhas: I have not come to satisfy my devotees. A satisfied devotee is still the one he or she was. I am only interested in the utter, "radical" dissolution of that entire limitation that appears as my devotee. (Page 230, 1995 New Standard Edition).
My eccentricity and unconventionality is a demonstration of the Living and Paradoxical Quality of the Divine, or Real Condition. (Page 360, 1995 New Standard Edition).)
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About Adi Da
Adi Da Samraj (3 November 1939 – 27 November 2008), born Franklin Albert Jones in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, was a contemporary, often controversial guru, spiritual writer, and artist, and the founder of the new religious movement currently known as Adidam.
About Adi Da
Adi Da Samraj (3 November 1939 – 27 November 2008), born Franklin Albert Jones in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, was a contemporary, often controversial guru, spiritual writer, and artist, and the founder of the new religious movement currently known as Adidam.
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