“The Dalai Lama famously said, “If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change.” — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
It may look like we're doing nothing when we sit zazen. But actually we are exposing ourselves to ourselves. — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise? — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The thinking brain influences the body’s responses and it makes a neat little loop. — Brad Warner Body Copy Share Image
Buddha might be the one thing that could settle Godzilla down. He might say, "Listen Godzilla, you don't have to do all… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don’t match how they really are. Stop for a second and… — Brad Warner Life Copy Share Image
I never really got around to discussing that specific topic which I think it crucially important to understand. If you were a… — Brad Warner Buddhist Copy Share Image
“Thus a person can be a Buddha one minute and a jackass three minutes later. You don't just become Buddha at the… — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe-… — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
You can't function in society if you don't involve yourself in the fictions society accepts about time. But you do so with… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that… — Brad Warner Beauty Copy Share Image
I remember writing the post but not what I said specifically, so I'll either repeat myself or say something completely different and… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
We always imagine that there's got to be somewhere else better than where we are right now; this is the Great Somewhere… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
A lot of seriously insane people have managed to acquire huge followings based on the idea that their insanity is a kind… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The obvious example would be Jesus. Jesus is an object of fascination for me. He's an interesting historical character because we don't… — Brad Warner Character Copy Share Image
You know that for sure because Godzilla was killed by an ordinary missile. He spends most of that film dodging them but… — Brad Warner Army Copy Share Image
Buddhists have a long-standing tradition of believing that at some level we always know what the best course of action is in… — Brad Warner Action Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people trying to follow Buddhism these days are getting confused about sex and they don't understand what's… — Brad Warner Approach Copy Share Image
I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we… — Brad Warner Book Copy Share Image
Jesus was probably a guy who thought, "This thing that I've discovered can save the world and everybody is miserable without it."… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
the only real time as far as Buddhism is concerned is right now. Right now there is no old age or death… — Brad Warner Age Copy Share Image
I think the understanding of oneness and interconnectivity of the whole Universe is something we have innately, something we're born with. We… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Leaving home' to me means adopting the attitude that the pursuit of the truth is more vital than the pursuit of what… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no… — Brad Warner Action Copy Share Image
So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So I was first exposed to this guy Tim McCarthy, and he's talking about Zen, but deeper than that he was a… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The truth comes when you can see that your self-image is just a convenient reference point and nothing more, and that you… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So I'm skeptical and cynical about the whole thing and it's only if something seems to be genuine that I would pursue… — Brad Warner Cynical Copy Share Image
Zazen isn't about blissing out or going into an alpha brain-wave trance. It's about facing who and what you really are, in… — Brad Warner Alphas Copy Share Image
“The very idea of higher states of consciousness is absurd. Comparing one state of consciousness to another and saying one is "higher"… — Brad Warner Consciousness Copy Share Image
But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the… — Brad Warner Bible Copy Share Image
I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did… — Brad Warner American gods Copy Share Image
You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live… — Brad Warner Death Copy Share Image
I used to worry when I was a teenager, even into my twenties, after I'd heard something about schizophrenia and how people… — Brad Warner Fear Copy Share Image
True mindfulness is the awareness that everything you encounter is a vigorous expression of the same living universe as you. — Brad Warner Awareness Copy Share Image
Real morality is based on a single criterion: right action, appropriate action, in the present moment and present situation. — Brad Warner Action Copy Share Image
I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I've forgotten what your… — Brad Warner Creativity Copy Share Image
So what I liked about Zen was that it never goes off into the realm of imagination land, or if it does… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
You can't live in paradise—but you are living right here. Make this your paradise or make this your hell. The choice is… — Brad Warner Choice Copy Share Image
The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself. — Brad Warner Ambiguity Copy Share Image
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