Brad Warner

Morality is a personal matter.

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Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now.

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“We just need to feel we know, or we can’t rest. And yet much of life is unknowable and will remain so.…

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The problem is the way we let our desires stand in the way of our enjoyment of what we already have.

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As for enlightenment, that's just for people who can't face reality.

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Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough.

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You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away.

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Your role is to do and say the things that need to be done and said from your unique perspective.

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“When you’re so committed to the future, it’s real easy to let your life right now turn to shit.”

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Leaving home' to me means adopting the attitude that the pursuit of the truth is more vital than the pursuit of what…

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I think the understanding of oneness and interconnectivity of the whole Universe is something we have innately, something we're born with. We…

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I remember writing the post but not what I said specifically, so I'll either repeat myself or say something completely different and…

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the only real time as far as Buddhism is concerned is right now. Right now there is no old age or death…

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So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan…

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Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no…

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You can't function in society if you don't involve yourself in the fictions society accepts about time. But you do so with…

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People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe-…

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True nonattachment is understanding that you are fundamentally attached to everything and, through that understanding, dropping your attachment to the view that…

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Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the…

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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…

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I guess what attracted me about the philosophy aspect was that it was realistic. It didn't go off into the realm of…

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I think real enlightenment is total sanity, a kind of acceptance of what actually is. It does involve a kind of different…

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One of the things I regret about not putting in that book or I think it's there but I didn't really elaborate…

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Jesus was probably a guy who thought, "This thing that I've discovered can save the world and everybody is miserable without it."…

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I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we…

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“In Alcoholics Anonymous they say you need to have faith in a higher power to help you overcome your addictions. You can’t…

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So when we come across somebody who does understand this and makes an effort to try and explain it to us, some…

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There are many diamonds in the world and if you lose your favorite, you can work hard, earn a lot of money…

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“Maybe your lot right now could be improved. I know mine could. And working to make things better is great. But we…

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There's fantasies about what heaven is like and who Satan is and why you shouldn't masturbate or why you should vote Republican.…

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If you come across an insane person who's talking gibberish, you can't make any sense of it at all and that would…

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Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That's Buddhist morality.

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we ourselves are not something apart from our circumstances. What we are and where we are are one and the same.

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Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end.

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How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!

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The thinking brain influences the body’s responses and it makes a neat little loop.

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It may look like we're doing nothing when we sit zazen. But actually we are exposing ourselves to ourselves.

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“The Dalai Lama famously said, “If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change.”

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If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise?

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Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do.

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