“In order to deal with the fear of annihilation you have to face annihilation again and again and again. It’s not enough just to understand this intellectually. It’s not enough just to read about this. You need to watch yourself… — 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 something that the people of this forthcoming generation haven't had to live with, but people around my age… — Brad Warner 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 on it,… — Brad Warner Copy Share
The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama. — Brad Warner Copy Share
If he'd [Jesus] been a little more concerned for his own safety and well being he may have toned things down a little bit… — Brad Warner Copy Share
So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now… — Brad Warner Copy Share
I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people would immediately… — Brad Warner Copy Share
So that's Godzilla, he's ultimately going to get you regardless of what you do. Maybe the people who made the American Godzilla film were… — Brad Warner Copy Share
We always imagine that there's got to be somewhere else better than where we are right now; this is the Great Somewhere Else we… — Brad Warner Copy Share
“Thus a person can be a Buddha one minute and a jackass three minutes later. You don't just become Buddha at the moment of… — Brad Warner Copy Share
“It’s hard for most of us to admit, but when you start paying attention you’ll notice that you actually enjoy being angry. There’s this… — Brad Warner Copy Share
I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998… — Brad Warner Copy Share
“This world is better than Utopia because - and follow this point carefully - you can never live in Utopia . Utopia is always… — Brad Warner Copy Share
The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself. — Brad Warner Copy Share
Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of… — Brad Warner Copy Share
Buddha might be the one thing that could settle Godzilla down. He might say, "Listen Godzilla, you don't have to do all this. Just… — Brad Warner Copy Share
It's sort of another innovation, probably a good innovation, of Western culture to separate the ideas between science and philosophy, but it's important to… — Brad Warner Copy Share
