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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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Tassajara Stories

2026/10/20

A review of the new book about Tassajara Zen monastery by David Chadwick.

Faith and Doubt

2026/10/13

My first Zen teacher said you need an equal amount of faith and doubt to practice and study Zen.

The Zen of Meat

2026/10/07

Should a lay Buddhist work in an industry that sells meat?

Zen Retreats and Deep Meditation

2026/09/29

How much zazen is "enough"?

How to Get Results from Meditation

2026/09/23

Suffering Never Goes Away But That's All Right

2026/09/17

The Dark Side of Mindfulness

2026/09/15

Meditation is dangerous!!!

I Am Not This Body

2026/09/09

OK. Then what am I???

I Am Not Very "Zen"

2026/09/01

The Urban Dictionary defines Zen as being chill and laidback. I am not that! Is that a problem in practicing actual Zen?

Zen & The Four Noble Truths

2026/08/25

What does Zen say about the Four Noble Truths?

Why Does Zen Care So Much About Ethics?

2026/08/18

I'm not sure I can answer this one. But I tried!

When a Dharma Talk is Not a Dharma Talk

2026/08/11

What should you do when you go to a Dharma Talk and they talk about something else instead?

Surgery Report

2026/08/05

How did it go? Here's how!

Don't View Big Fish!

2026/08/04

Why did Dogen tell people not to view big fish?

Nobody Knows Anything (My Cancer Story)

2026/07/28

Well... some people know some things. But, really, nobody knows anything.

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4.8 out of 5

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★★★★★

543tuthis 2026/09/29

Zen at its finest

Excellent Buddhist podcast. More down to earth and relatable than any other podcast on Buddhism. Never miss an episode.

★★★★★

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.

★☆☆☆☆

Really Cool Snail 2020/06/07

Buddhist white supremacist

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

★★★★★

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...

★★★★★

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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