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In spite of their talk about anarchy and ‘no rules’ the punks quickly developed a very rigid set of rules of their own. Anarchy was just a symbol, a cool-looking letter 'A’ inside a circle. Big deal. Real anarchy has to come from deep within. Real anarchy isn’t immoral or amoral; it’s intensely moral.
Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen
In Zig Zag Zen, Badiner takes great pains to point out the distinction between what he calls "consciousness-restricting drugs" and what he calls "entheogens," drugs he believes give you real spiritual experiences. Perhaps we're to believe that Buddha's prohibition refers only to certain crappy drugs, and that we're free to get toasted on the good stuff. But Buddha used a word that translates as "intoxicants," thus making no such distinction possible. And FYI: the ancient Indians may not have had LSD or "E," but they knew all about naturally occurring psychedelics. This distinction, however, has a significant flaw, and by "significant" I mean "large enough to drive a '72 Buick LeSabre through." Consider this: 1. Would you ride in a car whose driver was on the consciousness-expanding "entheogenic" drug LSD? And here's a bonus question: 2. Why does an "expanded consciousness" include the inability to operate a motor vehicle?
😂 (brad warner, hardcore zen)
I really liked this writer’s thoughts about what inclusivity should and shouldn’t be in Zen.
You can't go to paradise. Not now and not after you make your first million. Not after you die. And not if you eat all your peas and are really, really good. Not ever. What you call 'you' can never enter the gates of heaven, no matter how convictedly you believe. Heaven and paradise aren't in your future because you have no future. There is no future for you. There is no future for anyone. There is no future at all. Future is an idea. You can't live in paradise - but you are living right here. Make this your paradise or make this your hell. The choice is entirely yours. Really.
Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen
You cannot possibly honor God if you can't honor every last one of God's manifestations. Killing someone in Gods name is ridiculous. If we do that, we are killing God and killing truth.
Enkouji
In which I get up very early in the morning just to sit still and not be very comfortable.
For about three or four years, I have known about, read about, and occasionally engaged in the Japanese practice of zazen, or “just sitting”. My discipline has varied, but originally inspired by the slightly more conversational tone of Soto Zen master (and former Zero Defects Bassist) Brad Warner in his book Sit Down and Shut Up, I have found something of an affinity for sitting and doing…
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"We always imagine that there’s got to be somewhere else better than where we are right now; this is the Great Somewhere Else we all carry around in our heads. We believe Somewhere Else is out there for us if only we could find it. But there’s no Somewhere Else. Everything is right here…Make this your paradise or make this your hell. The choice is entirely yours. Really.”
Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen
