“In order to deal with the fear of annihilation you have to face annihilation again and again and again. It’s not enough… — Brad Warner Fear 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 Be good 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
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… — Brad Warner Beginners 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 Chewing 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
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
“The Buddha was not full of shit when he said the cause of suffering could be uprooted and that you can put… — Brad Warner Buddha Copy Share Image
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
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
A lot of seriously insane people have managed to acquire huge followings based on the idea that their insanity is a kind… — Brad Warner Acquire Copy Share Image
“Zen is the complete absence of belief. Zen is the complete lack of authority.” — Brad Warner Faith Copy Share Image
People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe-… — Brad Warner Buddhism 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
As for enlightenment, that's just for people who can't face reality. — Brad Warner Buddhism 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
I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I've forgotten what your… — Brad Warner Creativity 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
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
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
If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise? — Brad Warner Fall Copy Share Image
Consider this: 1. Would you ride in a car whose driver was on the consciousness-expanding "entheogenic" drug LSD? And here's a bonus… — Brad Warner Bonus 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 Firsts Copy Share Image
The fact is that there is a contradiction going on but our brains don't like contradiction. So when Moe hits Curly on… — Brad Warner Brain Copy Share Image
