Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don't match how they really are. — Brad Warner Ideas Copy Share Image
“Zen is the complete absence of belief. Zen is the complete lack of authority.” — Brad Warner Faith Copy Share Image
The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and… — Brad Warner Attachment Copy Share Image
Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do. — Brad Warner Expectations Copy Share Image
Buddhism is all about finding your own way, not imitating the ways of others or even the ways of Buddha himself. — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise? — Brad Warner Fall 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 Doing nothing Copy Share Image
“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
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
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 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
“The very idea of higher states of consciousness is absurd. Comparing one state of consciousness to another and saying one is "higher"… — Brad Warner State-of-consciousness 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
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
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 Convenient 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 Deeper 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 Horny 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
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 Courses 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
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 Bigs 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
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 Acquire 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
If you come across an insane person who's talking gibberish, you can't make any sense of it at all and that would… — Brad Warner Bathtubs Copy Share Image
There's fantasies about what heaven is like and who Satan is and why you shouldn't masturbate or why you should vote Republican.… — Brad Warner Advice Copy Share Image
There are many diamonds in the world and if you lose your favorite, you can work hard, earn a lot of money… — Brad Warner Be you Copy Share Image
“Maybe your lot right now could be improved. I know mine could. And working to make things better is great. But we… — Brad Warner Better tomorrow Copy Share Image
So when we come across somebody who does understand this and makes an effort to try and explain it to us, some… — Brad Warner Doe Copy Share Image
“In Alcoholics Anonymous they say you need to have faith in a higher power to help you overcome your addictions. You can’t… — Brad Warner Addiction Copy Share Image
The thinking brain influences the body’s responses and it makes a neat little loop. — Brad Warner Body Copy Share Image
we ourselves are not something apart from our circumstances. What we are and where we are are one and the same. — Brad Warner Circumstances Copy Share Image
Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end. — Brad Warner Doubt Copy Share Image
How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden! — Brad Warner Bulbs Copy Share Image
Your role is to do and say the things that need to be done and said from your unique perspective. — Brad Warner Done Copy Share Image
“When you’re so committed to the future, it’s real easy to let your life right now turn to shit.” — Brad Warner Life Copy Share Image
Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That's Buddhist morality. — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
As for enlightenment, that's just for people who can't face reality. — Brad Warner Buddhism Copy Share Image
Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough. — Brad Warner Enough Copy Share Image
