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I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I’ve forgotten what your first question was and how we were going to tie this together.

  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn’t even really a Zen thing, that sort of came along later.

    What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn’t even really a Zen thing, that sort of came along later.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - 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 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.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I’ve forgotten what your first question was and how we were going to tie this together.

    I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I’ve forgotten what your first question was and how we were going to tie this together.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that everything we encounter – bliss or nonbliss – possesses a tremendous depth and beauty that we usually miss.

    Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that everything we encounter – bliss or nonbliss – possesses a tremendous depth and beauty that we usually miss.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now definitely a part of, doesn’t have an understanding of what Enlightenment is.

    So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now definitely a part of, doesn’t have an understanding of what Enlightenment is.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action.

    Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - A lot of seriously insane people have managed to acquire huge followings based on the idea that their insanity is a kind of enlightenment. An obvious example would be Charles Manson or Shoko Asahara who is the person responsible for the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.

    A lot of seriously insane people have managed to acquire huge followings based on the idea that their insanity is a kind of enlightenment. An obvious example would be Charles Manson or Shoko Asahara who is the person responsible for the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no one else notices. Download This Image

    People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no one else notices.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - It’s sort of another innovation, probably a good innovation, of Western culture to separate the ideas between science and philosophy, but it’s important to remember they weren’t always separate realms of inquiry.

    It’s sort of another innovation, probably a good innovation, of Western culture to separate the ideas between science and philosophy, but it’s important to remember they weren’t always separate realms of inquiry.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end. Download This Image

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

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - Leaving home’ to me means adopting the attitude that the pursuit of the truth is more vital than the pursuit of what society – your home – tells you is important. Download This Image

    Leaving home’ to me means adopting the attitude that the pursuit of the truth is more vital than the pursuit of what society – your home – tells you is important.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - So I was first exposed to this guy Tim McCarthy, and he’s talking about Zen, but deeper than that he was a genuine person. I thought maybe he’s someone I can trust and follow this thing he’s talking about all the time. Download This Image

    So I was first exposed to this guy Tim McCarthy, and he’s talking about Zen, but deeper than that he was a genuine person. I thought maybe he’s someone I can trust and follow this thing he’s talking about all the time.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - I mean Godzilla is eternally pissed off at everything but of course he’s gonna be because every time he pops out of the water for a look around somebody is firing a missile at him. Buddha would probably have to act as a mediator between the people and Godzilla. Download This Image

    I mean Godzilla is eternally pissed off at everything but of course he’s gonna be because every time he pops out of the water for a look around somebody is firing a missile at him. Buddha would probably have to act as a mediator between the people and Godzilla.

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - As for enlightenment, that’s just for people who can’t face reality. Download This Image

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

    BRAD WARNER
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - 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.

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brad Warner Quote - The trick to not thinking is not adding energy to the equation in an effort to forcibly stop thinking from happening. It’s more a matter of subtracting energy from the equation in order not to barf the thoughts up and start chewing them over again.

    The trick to not thinking is not adding energy to the equation in an effort to forcibly stop thinking from happening. It’s more a matter of subtracting energy from the equation in order not to barf the thoughts up and start chewing them over again.

    BRAD WARNER