Brad Warner As it turns the average person probably from a Zen priest? As a bald old (Japanese) man who is comfortable with a quiet voice of wisdom is meaningless? Probably so in the direction. Brad Warner meets this cliche means. The Americans worked at a company, the Japanese B-movies marketed (and, incidentally, was founded by the man who Godzilla has invented), plays bass in a hardcore punk band and has made home a huge collection of plastic figurines of monsters Monster movies. The man is officially Zen master and has received Dharma transmission from Gudo Nishijima.
He has previously written two books, its title, "Hardcore Zen" and "Sit Down and Shut Up" suspect already have, that this is not a Buddhist mainstream literature. In both books there is of course to Zen, with the Zen Wisdom, "which Warner brings to the reader, punctuated by episodes of his life and illustrate this. His writing style, but some of his views differ quite significantly from the crowd of Buddhist literature, which I personally find to be quite pleasant and refreshing. The lyrics are funny and full of spiritual clarity, the sound is rebellious and outspoken. All who are interested in Zen, put the books I to my heart. But especially all those who not interested in it. Because, and here I quote the blurb of "Hardcore Zen": not
This is the same old crap you've seen in a thousand books you do not want to read. This is Zen for people who do not giva a rat's ass about Zen. This is the real deal.
