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Zen teacher/author Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen, Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen, Don't Be a Jerk, Sit Down and Shut Up, and many more books about Zen, shares his thoughts about Zen and other stuff.

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Don't Criticize Buddhists!

2026/04/22

The Precepts say we shouldn't criticize other Buddhists. Why does Dogen do it all the time? Why do I?

Does Everyone Experience Karma the Same Way?

2026/04/15

...or is it different for some people?

Sometimes Pain is Bad

2026/04/07

Shohaku Okumura has an interesting explanation of Dogen's essay on pain.

Sometimes Pain is Good

2026/03/30

Is it really...?

Self and Time

2026/03/24

Dogen said that the self arrays itself and looks at itself. What does that mean?

Life is Just Life, Death is Just Death

2026/03/06

What more can I say? A lot apparently!

Zen Author David Chadwick 1945-2026

2026/02/27

A tribute to my friend and one of the great Zen writers.

My Ketamine Experience

2026/02/25

Can drugs make you Enlightened?

Self Power vs. Other Power

2026/02/18

What does that even mean??

Science Proves Buddhism! ... Or Does It?

2026/02/11

Why am I not all excited by the latest evidence that science proves Buddhism is true?

Blowing Zen?

2026/02/04

Is playing the flute the same as doing zazen?

Radical Acceptance: The Only Approach That Makes Sense

2026/01/28

Why Doesn't Zen Talk About Loving Kindness?

2026/01/22

Buddha never met man he didn't like!

How to Achieve One-Pointed Concentration

2026/01/15

Or do you really need to?

Are We LARP-ing Zen?

2026/01/13

Is Western Zen just live action role playing?

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4.8 out of 5

75 reviews

★★★★★

MetaSteve 2025/09/13

Insightful

Brad is very insightful and connects well with modern Zen seekers. He does a great job of bringing zen to every day life. He helped me reconnect to t...

★★★★★

Code name: midnight 2021/11/19

Great solid zen podcast by a real veteran in the practice

I’ve listened to Brad’s talks for years in person, online & in written form. This is a great addition to his already great books. If you want real com...

★★★★★

awlawren 2021/09/18

💪🕶👍

Although I’ve never physically sat in with the Angel City Zen Center group I feel as though this sangha functions at my kind of speed, so to speak. Th...

★★★★★

jhnny00 2021/07/29

There is something to this

I came for the 0dfx stories, stayed around because I was learning something.

★★★★★

moltar49 2019/11/21

Great Zen Podcast

I've been a listener of Brad for a long time on his YouTube channel. I don't really have much experience with Zen outside of reading Zen Mind, Beggine...

★☆☆☆☆

Really Cool Snail 2020/06/07

Buddhist white supremacist

Never thought I’d see a Buddhist white supremacist but here we are

★★★★★

windhorse23 2019/11/15

So far, so good

I like the combination of a reading from the book and then Q&A. I usually don’t like questions from the audience, but in the episodes so far they’ve b...

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