No matter what we predict for our futures, we're always wrong anyway. The only sensible thing to do is to live this… — Brad Warner Always wrong Copy Share Image
“So I do fear death in the sense that I find the prospect of dying pretty scary. But I no longer fear… — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn't even really a Zen thing,… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
If he'd [Jesus] been a little more concerned for his own safety and well being he may have toned things down a… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
It's interesting to see what's going on with physics these days because they're starting to come out with stuff that sounds remarkably… — Brad Warner Ancient Copy Share Image
I guess what attracted me about the philosophy aspect was that it was realistic. It didn't go off into the realm of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Buddhism doesn't promise to fulfill our desires. Instead it says, 'You feel unfulfilled? That's okay. That's normal. Everybody feels unfulfilled. You will… — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the… — Brad Warner Body Copy Share Image
True nonattachment is understanding that you are fundamentally attached to everything and, through that understanding, dropping your attachment to the view that… — Brad Warner Attachment Copy Share Image
One of the things I regret about not putting in that book or I think it's there but I didn't really elaborate… — Brad Warner Approach Copy Share Image
I think real enlightenment is total sanity, a kind of acceptance of what actually is. It does involve a kind of different… — Brad Warner Acceptance Copy Share Image
So it's a dangerous thing and conversely, the other thing I mentioned in that post was that people see guys who are… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people… — Brad Warner America Copy Share Image
I mean Godzilla is eternally pissed off at everything but of course he's gonna be because every time he pops out of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“Much of the contemporary American atheistic movement seems to be treating atheism like a new kind of religion. … It's just that… — Brad Warner Atheism Copy Share Image
They really make sex into such a horrible thing and how terrible anything related to sex is, but isn't that why we're… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So that's Godzilla, he's ultimately going to get you regardless of what you do. Maybe the people who made the American Godzilla… — Brad Warner American gods Copy Share Image
As you're implying, there's a new technology that can look even deeper into that brick and we can start getting into a… — Brad Warner Animation Copy Share Image
When I first started watching Godzilla, I was a kid and a big dinosaur freak and was like, "Oh my gosh, there's… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Well it's always been an interesting area for me. In referencing something I just reread from Dogen it says, "Enlightenment doesn't break… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Everything you have, whether it's money or stuff, is an obligation. It is as much your duty to care for and nurture… — Brad Warner Care Copy Share Image
Sometimes people pick up pet worries that they'll entertain themselves with and that was my big one. So as far as thinking… — Brad Warner Ability Copy Share Image
There's also something that is often mistaken for enlightenment which is a kind of insanity. Often, people will have some kind of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
People will come and give you sandwiches every six hours but you're really of no use. A lot of people get excited… — Brad Warner Beautiful Copy Share Image
Now however, we have contraception and it's mostly reliable so you can have sex without that happening. So then you start vilifying… — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
“This is always and inevitably the case. No one gets away with murder. No one gets away with anything. You can't escape… — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
If you want to believe in reincarnation, you have to believe that this life, what you're living through right now, is the… — Brad Warner Afterlife Copy Share Image
So with science, it's original idea was to ignore the spiritual or nebulous side of reality and to strictly work on concrete… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Those who hope for purity and righteousness always try and destroy that which disturbs them. They think the disturbance comes from outside… — Brad Warner Bombing Copy Share Image
The trick to not thinking is not adding energy to the equation in an effort to forcibly stop thinking from happening. It’s… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Godzilla also represents the fear of nuclear annihilation, which was something that was big in my mind at the time. It was… — Brad Warner Age Copy Share Image
At times, Zen does get into some Buddhist Cosmology. Nishijima Roshi, my main teacher would talk about that and almost every time… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I mean, I can do that all day long. I can tell you the Vulcan's are not actually devoid of emotion. That… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Buddha was a responsible guy and believed in his monks being responsible, their responsibility would no longer be to their practice or… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I think it's part of my personality, to find sex really interesting. Not just in the puerile way of, "Oh I want… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that Eastern culture does either, but I've never lived in India etc so I couldn't tell you. I can… — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
In the Japanese movie's they're throwing everything they have at him, every missile, but he keeps coming, he can't be stopped and… — Brad Warner Book Copy Share Image
I mean somebody could write another book and say Brad's idea about Buddhism and sex is wrong, and here's mine, and that… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Since then, my approach to all things spiritual is rather cynical you could say. When somebody present something to me as spiritual,… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
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