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Zen teacher/author Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen, Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen, Don't Be a Jerk, Sit Down and Shut Up, and many more books about Zen, shares his thoughts about Zen and other stuff.
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Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
I'll be back soon with more of my in-depth analysis of Dogen's essay about Buddha Nature. But here's the audio of a brief video I did on the subject. It may serve as a good introduction to the subject.
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
This is part one of my podcast about Dogen's essay Bussho or "Buddha Nature" from Shobogenzo. I paraphrased the essay in the style of my Dogen paraphrases from my books Don't Be a Jerk and It Came From Beyond Zen, then I commented on it. Enjoy!
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Sometimes scary things happen during meditation. Sometimes it can be really, really scary. Let's talk about that.
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
It's one of the most popular Buddhist books in the world, but up until a few months ago I had never read it. Now I have. Here are my thoughts about the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Friday Jul 30, 2021
If you always wondered what my favorite Zen books are, well, here are some of them!
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Zazen is supposed to be a practice without a goal. What does that mean?
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Dogen describes zazen as the King of Samadhis. What the heck does that even mean?
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
This episode was recorded in the pre-pandemic days. But I think we all need a break from that stuff, so here it is. In this episode, I talked to my friend Rylend Grant, a professional Hollywood screenwriter and member of the Angel City Zen Center. Topics range from Zen in the entertainment business, to entertainment in the Zen business, and even a bit about diversity and inclusion in Zen. Enjoy! Or, should I say "Zen-joy?"
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
In this episode's letter to my dead friend Marky, I try to address the idea of the "meaning of life." You always hear that phrase, "the meaning of life." But what the heck does it mean? What does it mean to say that life has a meaning? What is meaning? What is life? It gets a little weird! But a nice discussion followed and you can hear that in the second half of the podcast.