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title: "2 Commentary Quotes By Brad Warner"
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> [Sanity and enlightenment...I've been reading a new book Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries, and it contains a commentary on Genjo Koan by Shunryu Suzuki, the author who wrote Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. He doesn't mention sanity at all but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/sanity-and-enlightenment-i-ve-been-reading-a-new-book-dogen-s-genjo/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

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> [Well it's always been an interesting area for me. In referencing something I just reread from Dogen it says, "Enlightenment doesn't break the person anymore than the reflection breaks the water" and Suzuki in his commentary is saying you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/well-it-s-always-been-an-interesting-area-for-me-in-referencing/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

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## More by Brad Warner

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/one-of-the-things-i-regret-about-not-putting-in-that-book-or-i-think/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/the-real-goal-of-zen-is-to-find-a-way-of-life-that-s-easy-and/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/if-he-d-jesus-been-a-little-more-concerned-for-his-own-safety-and/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [ So he \[Shoko Asahara\] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/so-he-shoko-asahara-was-insane-but-managed-to-convince-a-couple/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people would immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/i-was-living-in-japan-at-the-time-shoko-asahara-was-an-important/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/so-that-s-godzilla-he-s-ultimately-going-to-get-you-regardless-of/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/we-always-imagine-that-there-s-got-to-be-somewhere-else-better-than/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/thus-a-person-can-be-a-buddha-one-minute-and-a-jackass-three-minutes/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/it-s-hard-for-most-of-us-to-admit-but-when-you-start-paying-attention/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/i-really-thought-reagan-was-going-to-push-the-button-and-blow-us-all/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [“This world is better than Utopia because - and follow this point carefully - you can never live in Utopia . Utopia is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/this-world-is-better-than-utopia-because-and-follow-this-point/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/the-state-of-ambiguity-that-messy-greasy-mixed-up-confused-and-awful/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/truly-compassionate-action-arises-spontaneously-without-thought-and/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/buddha-might-be-the-one-thing-that-could-settle-godzilla-down-he/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/it-s-sort-of-another-innovation-probably-a-good-innovation-of-western/)

[Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/)

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