Hardcore Zen_ Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality - Brad Warner [0]
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Title Page
PROLOGUE
GIMME SOME TRUTH
DORK-BOY the GODHEAD
INNER ANARCHY
ZEN ART MAKING MONSTER MOVIES
SMALL STUPID DREAMS
IF ONLY...
THE GREAT HEART OF WISDOM SUTRA
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
Prajna Paramita
Shariputra
Five Skandhas
Form Is Emptiness
Suffering, Origination, Stopping, Path
The Three Worlds
Nirvana
Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi
The Great Transcendent Mantra
“DON’T WORRY,IT WILL COME... WITH ENLIGHTENMENT!”
WHY GENE SIMMONS IS NOT A ZEN MASTER
THE WORLD OF DEMONS
IN MY NEXT LIFE I WANT TO COME BACK AS A PAIR OF LUCY LIU’S PANTIES
THAT’S ZEN MASTER KNOW-IT-ALL TO YOU, BUDDY!
NO SEX WITH CANTALOUPES
REVENGE OF the POD PEOPLE
“PASS ME the ECSTASY, RAINBOW, I’M GOING TO NIRVANA ON STRETCHER!”
EATING A TANGERINE IS REAL ENLIGHTENMENT
HARDCORE ZEN
EPILOGUE
Acknowledgements
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ABOUT WISDOM
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★“WICKEDLYFUNNY and ICONOCLASTIC. This is no litany of
Zen orthodoxy designed for study. ENTERTAINING, bold and
REFRESHINGLYDIRECT, this book is likely to change the way
one experiences other books about Zen—and maybe even
the way one experiences reality.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
also a PW selection for “The Year in Books”
★“[FIVE STARS ]An ENG RO S SING AND ENTERTAINING Chicken
Soup for the Anarchist,
Over-Intellectualizing Soul.”
About.com
“WARNER IS ONE OF US. When he talks about Zen,
it’s with a bluntness and ACIDIC SENSE OF HUMOR
that belongs to us as well. Most importantly,
he presents it in honest, DOWN-TO-EARTH
language that shows how these ideas connect
to our immediate lives”
Maximumrocknroll
“Capable of DEVASTATING HUMOR; Warner
PULLS NO PUNCHES. His book is an honest
account of his search for TRUTH.”
Booklist
“You NEED to READ THIS BOOK.”
Bill Stevenson,
drummer of punk bands All, The Descendents,
Black Flag, and Only Crime
“GONZO, and often HILARIOUS.”
Dharmalife
“MAN OH MAN, this is a VERY GOOD book.”
Janwillem van de Wetering,
author of The Empty Mirror and
The Corpse on the Dike
the AUTHOR
BRAD WARNER was a kid from the town of WADSWORTH, OHIO, who managed to get himself to the CUTTING EDGE of the HARDCORE PUNK scene in the early ‘80s. He played bass for ZERO DEFEX, one of the noisiest of the hardcore punk bands, and recorded five albums under the band name DIMENTIA 13. He eventually found himself in Japan, working on low-budget GODZILLA-TYPE MOVIES and ULTRAMAN television shows, all the while studying with a ZEN MASTER. Now that same hardcore punk is also a Zen priest. But he’s NOT ABOUT TO SAY THAT HIS PUNK DAYS ARE OVER now that he’s “seen the light”—far from it. Warner’s equally at home in a LOUD BASEMENT CLUB or a REMOTE ZEN TEMPLE. When not at his day job, Brad Warner teaches HARDCORE ZEN in lectures and meditation retreats.
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“This is ZEN FOR THE SOUTH PARK SET: SUBVERSIVE,
shit-stick dharma liberally laced with scenes
from Warner’s life [which ] will no doubt RESONATE.
Hardcore Zen is Be Here Now for now.”
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
“Readers are likely to finish Hardcore Zen
with a wider understanding of the
VAST ARRAY OF HUMAN SPIRITUAL IDEALS.”
Foreword
“DOWN-TO-EARTH and FUNNY. It’s rare to encounter
someone who can claim authority on such a
wide variety of the USELESS and PROFOUND, but
Warner has the résumé to back it up. He sees
Buddhism as a TRUTH-SEEKING METHOD, a means of
CONFRONTING REALITY. Hardcore Zen will probably
make you reconsider how you spend your time.”
CityBeat
“A FASCINATING AND REAL look at the author’s journey
from small-town punk to Zen master/punk.
An interesting read for anyone with a burning
need to examine and find peace with the
nature of life.”
Bookgeek.com
“FINALLY, a Dharma book with BALLS!”
Reverend Kevin Kobutsu Malone
“Hardcore Zen DEFTLY LINKS punk idealism,
POP CULTURE and a SPIRITUAL QUEST in a way
that