Hardcore Zen

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Buddhism #126

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.

Recent Episodes
  • Mortality & Death in Buddhism
    Jun 20, 2025 – 21:13
  • What 5 Nights in Hospital Taught Me
    Jun 17, 2025 – 22:56
  • Primordial Ignorance
    Jun 13, 2025 – 19:56
  • Buddha As a Toilet
    Jun 3, 2025 – 24:32
  • The Zen of Godzilla
    May 30, 2025 – 25:37
  • Are You Being Seen by Your Zen Teacher?
    May 27, 2025 – 23:27
  • Don't Fear Fear
    May 22, 2025 – 21:04
  • What Are You Gonna Do With Your Life?
    May 20, 2025 – 18:48
  • Is Karma Fake??
    May 14, 2025 – 20:20
  • Mother's Day When Your Mom is Dead
    May 12, 2025 – 21:37
  • Zen As Self Help
    May 9, 2025 – 20:55
  • Dogen's Other Shobogenzo
    May 6, 2025 – 21:56
  • Zen When You're Sick
    Apr 28, 2025 – 26:30
  • Work As Zen Practice
    Apr 23, 2025 – 26:33
  • What Do We Put Our Faith In?
    Apr 16, 2025 – 19:11
  • Spiritual By-Passing
    Apr 15, 2025 – 23:18
  • The Ocean of Consciousness
    Apr 11, 2025 – 21:41
  • Spirit in Buddhism
    Apr 9, 2025 – 17:16
  • The White Lotus - A Buddhist Review
    Apr 8, 2025 – 27:15
  • The Four Noble Truths Are WRONG!
    Apr 4, 2025 – 21:15
  • What's Even the Point of Enlightenment?
    Apr 3, 2025 – 21:48
  • The Power of Now is Wrong!
    Mar 31, 2025 – 20:04
  • The Universe Exists Within the Light of the Self
    Mar 27, 2025 – 37:36
  • If Zazen is Enlightenment Why Does Mine Feel Like Crap?
    Mar 26, 2025 – 17:23
  • "I Believe in Reality." - Gudo Nishijima
    Mar 18, 2025 – 19:58
  • Atheism is a Belief System
    Mar 17, 2025 – 15:44
  • Why I Can't Stand Buddhists
    Mar 12, 2025 – 27:05
  • Zazen is NOT Meditation
    Mar 11, 2025 – 18:27
  • From Birth to Death It's Just Like This!
    Mar 5, 2025 – 17:56
  • Compassion is Like a Hand Reaching for a Pillow
    Mar 4, 2025 – 23:04
  • Zen and the Supernatural
    Feb 26, 2025 – 26:31
  • Can Science Explain Everything?
    Feb 24, 2025 – 22:08
  • You Can't Escape Karma
    Feb 21, 2025 – 24:52
  • Developing Paranormal Powers
    Feb 19, 2025 – 24:19
  • Zazen is a Lifetime Practice
    Feb 14, 2025 – 18:59
  • Everyone Wants to Save the World But Nobody Wants to Help Mom With the Dishes
    Feb 7, 2025 – 14:01
  • My Friend Richard Pusateri
    Feb 5, 2025 – 24:56
  • Don't Try to Learn Japanese!
    Feb 3, 2025 – 31:12
  • Books I Like: The Zen Teaching of Huang Po
    Jan 30, 2025 – 19:32
  • David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation
    Jan 27, 2025 – 23:08
  • I Dedicate This Meal to... Donald Trump???
    Jan 22, 2025 – 23:23
  • What is Buddhism... to Me
    Jan 15, 2025 – 24:05
  • Buddhism is a Nerd Subculture
    Jan 10, 2025 – 28:52
  • The Buddhist Community
    Jan 7, 2025 – 20:58
  • Buddha's Original Teachings
    Jan 7, 2025 – 26:20
  • Ghosts and Enlightenment Experiences with Ben Goldman
    Apr 12, 2023 – 57:58
  • Gods, Aliens, and Jabberjaw with Ben Goldman
    Mar 15, 2023 – 55:44
  • In The Light - Dogen’s Divine Light Part Five
    Mar 10, 2023 – 42:34
  • In The Light: Dogen’s Divine Light Part Four
    Feb 17, 2023 – 01:00:01
  • In The Light: Dogen’s Divine Light Part Three
    Feb 3, 2023 – 58:58
Recent Reviews
  • Code name: midnight
    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 commentary with a true practitioners perspective that is as educational as it is profound this is the spot for you. No frills, no overproduced ‘spiritual’ undertones that give an air of inauthentic experience. This guy is as real and raw as it gets and everyone interested in zen can learn a thing or two from him!
  • awlawren
    💪🕶👍
    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. Thanks for all you do Brad, & this podcast is just as equally enjoyable! 07/29/21 Edit: Thanks for updating these on the podcast platform 💯 09/18/21 Edit2: haven’t listened to pt2 yet but Hyakujo Germany talk pt1 was most excellent
  • jhnny00
    There is something to this
    I came for the 0dfx stories, stayed around because I was learning something.
  • Really Cool Snail
    Buddhist white supremacist
    Never thought I’d see a Buddhist white supremacist but here we are
  • moltar49
    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, Begginer's Mind (only after listening to the first episode of this podcast) and a couple of Brad's books, but I really like listening to Brad talk about Zen. Anyway, listen to this if you're human, it's pretty good.
  • windhorse23
    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 been interesting and relevant. Thanks Brad.
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