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description: Alan Watts discusses the word tathata  which is translated from the Sanskrit as suchness or thusness. The term is used in Mahayana Buddhism to suggest how things look to a Buddha to one who has experienced enlightenment or liberation and is therefore called a Tathagata one who comes (and goes) thus. Watts shares the sense of this nonsense in Buddhist philosophy and its practical demonstration in Zen.
language: English
title: Thusness
publisher: BetterListen