Hardcore Zen_ Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality - Brad Warner [84]
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“Got yer enlightenment!”
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I’m not sure who those monks are, though they seem to get a lot of airtime—but that ain’t Buddhism.
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And I do mean YOU.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Warner, Brad.
Hardcore Zen : punk rock, monster movies and the truth about reality /
Brad Warner.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-0-861-71989-1
1. Spiritual life—Zen Buddhism. 2. Warner, Brad. 3. Spiritual
biography—United States. 4. Spiritual biography—Japan. I. Title.
BQ9288.W37 2003
294.3’927—dc21
2003011829
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