Hardcore Zen

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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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Friday Aug 22, 2025

The Zen of Optimism

Friday Aug 22, 2025

How Zen turned me from a pessimist into an optimist!

Wednesday Aug 20, 2025

Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature?

Wednesday Aug 20, 2025

Even Ziggy?

Wednesday Aug 13, 2025

Dogen's Tears

Wednesday Aug 13, 2025

Dogen cried! It's true! He even said so!

Tuesday Aug 05, 2025

Don't Anticipate and Don't Regret

Tuesday Aug 05, 2025

Nisargadatta Maharaj had some useful advice about free and pain.

Monday Jul 28, 2025

Thought Has No Answers

Monday Jul 28, 2025

You can think some problems through and get an answer. But more often thought has no solution to your problems.

Tuesday Jul 15, 2025

Is Buddhism Anti-Children?

Tuesday Jul 15, 2025

Is Buddhism a religion that says you should not have kids?

Wednesday Jul 09, 2025

The Power of Prayer

Wednesday Jul 09, 2025

Do Buddhists believe in the power of prayer?

Friday Jul 04, 2025

Dogen's Meditation Instructions

Friday Jul 04, 2025

What does "Turn the light around and shine it inward" mean?

Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

Cultivating Non-Attachment to Family & Friends

Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

How do you do that??

Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

A Monk Walks Into a Bar...

Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

There's a bar in Tokyo run by Buddhist monks. Is that even allowed??