Which book introduced the hippie counterculture to Zen?
The Way of Zen
The Joyous Cosmology
Nature, Man and Woman
The New Alchemy
Answer
"The Way of Zen," published in 1957, played a pivotal role in introducing the hippie counterculture to Zen Buddhism. Written by Alan Watts, a renowned philosopher and interpreter of Eastern thought, the book presented Zen as a path to personal liberation and spiritual enlightenment. Its accessible language and emphasis on meditation and mindfulness resonated with the hippie movement's search for alternative values and ways of living.
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