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Zen, plain and simple, with no BS. This is not your typical Zen book. Brad Warner, a young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one. This bold new approach to the "Why?" of Zen Buddhism is as strongly grounded in the tradition of Zen as it is utterly revolutionary. Warner's voice is hilarious, and he calls on the wisdom of everyone from punk and pop culture icons to the Buddha himself to make sure his points come through loud and clear. As it prods readers to question everything, Hardcore Zen is both an approach and a departure, leaving behind the soft and lyrical for the gritty and stark perspective of a new generation. This new edition will feature an afterword from the author.
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Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: Wisdom Publications (December 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1614293163
ISBN-13: 978-1614293163
Product Dimensions:
5 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
211 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#106,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I will preface this with saying Brad Warner has done a tremendous job reaching out to younger folks and introducing Dharma to people around the world, as well as emphasizing the ideas of Zazen/Shikantaza through the Soto tradition more than many authors out there. I've followed his articles and talks for years but oddly had never read his seminal work which I finally read this weekend. It made me lose sleep thinking about parts of it wich is a sign of a great read for my purposes. That said, here are the pros and cons of this book:Pros* His explanation of the ecstacy of the ordinary, of being illuminated in the present, was excellent and offers a good path to counteract spiritual fluff out there. This isn't dissimilar from other Zen authors but his descriptions of the path and growth was engaging and descriptive for people who are curious about the process. It's easy to mistake meditation as some gateway to other realms full of crazy visuals and Godlike visions of grandeur and he does great grounding to the reader to make it clear that that stuff is a distraction to the true result of being happy and aware where you are. Above all he makes the process approachable.* He definitely knows his field and has put in his work. I don't think many people could find fault in the core teaching he imparts here and his understanding of Zen practices and principles is comprehensive. When you get down to the technical discussions about what Buddhism actually is in practice he is one of the better authors I have read that can really bring the experience of meditation and to life to a very understandable level. If someone I know was interested in Zen, particularly Soto Zen, and the way to practice then I would put this on the list of recommended books. He definitely hits moments of clarity somewhere in the level of Shunryu Suzuki. Anyone who would judge his understanding of Dharma based on the more outrageous aspects of his persona would be sorely mistaken.* His explanation of the Heart Sutra is one of the best I've ever read. All meat, no potatoes. No hyper-technical discussions of the five skandhas and aggregates and blah blah that you can find elsewhere but just the straight scooby about what the passage actually means. As a devotee of that sutra I almost wish he had a pure shastra to share on it and other passages over the more biographical stuff he typically does.Cons:* As other reviewers have stated before, he continually says you need to question authority but then anyone who doesn't follow his authority is really stupid or some phony fraud. This is still The Brad Warner experience and Brad Warner stopped experiencing the ordinary world in the late 80s/early 90s Akron and then Japan with interests and ideas that haven't really changed much since then, and anyone who doesn't understand the world on those terms or later on in the terms of Nishijima is an idiot. A lot of his teaching and image (which it's a problem when a Zen teacher has an 'image') is rooted around playing punk bass for two years in Akron, Ohio for a semi-well-known hardcore band. However you'd think that brief period in his biography was 20 years playing for Black Flag and he was some official representative of punk and core to his schtick. Underneath the robes is a person who probably wouldn't have been terribly expansive aside from his encounter with Zen. If he hadn't put on robes he'd be the angry old guy in the battle jacket at some dive bar complaining loudly about the punk scene and kids today to the nearest victim.* Zen has no sins or sense of evil but anyone who doesn't hate drugs (particularly psychedelics) absolutely hopelessly deluded idiot that talks like an archetypal long-haired Woodstock refugee record store employee that Brad met and really didn't like. Buddhism is pretty unambiguous about intoxicants not being a path to true wisdom but most authors just sort of leave it at "even if the peak is fun and you learn stuff it's not the path" but for Brad you're highly suspect on a personal level if you have anything positive to say about drug-related experiences and what you've experienced. This was another Brad's ego moment because the tone changes completely and you can hear some straight-edge punk guy ranting about hippies instead of a Zen teacher advising against drug-based wisdom. He took acid four times in Akron and became an expert in psychedelics which seems like talking to a guy that had a layover in a big city and hates the whole city because the Auntie Annie's pretzels in the airport gave him indigestion and the weather was rainy instead of saying "I had a layover there, didn't see the city itself but didn't care for what I saw and I'm glad I arrived at my final destination." He can certainly have his stated opinion on these things and in light of the precepts he isn't wrong but he kind of postures himself as an expert in alerted states throughout his body of work where I think at best he should say "I tried them, didn't like them, found Zen, became happy" and leave it at that. If other clergy like Jack Kornfield or Roshi Joan Halifax, both of whom have a long record of experience with psychedelics from their previous lives, speaks on the good and bad of drugs then I will definitely offer them more gravity than Brad with four trips under his belt talking like a judgmental DARE pamphlet that doesn't really add much to the discussion other than "I hate hippies".Overall this is an excellent read but the anger that pops up throughout knock two stars off in the context of a Zen work.
I have seen this book for years and just thought it was one of those books that used zen in the title to sell itself. I was wrong. I really enjoyed Warner’s straight talk and sarcastic wit. The autobiographical approach really works, and being a music lover made it even more appealing (anyone that can bring Gene Simmons into a Zen discussion is all right in my eyes). I’ve read a lot on Zen so I didn’t really learn too much but his was a great way to bring me back into the topic after being away for a while. A great intro to Zen.
As a "recreational" practitioner of Buddhist philosophy, I was open to reading the book but not sure of what message I'd get, if any. I've read many books on the topic and even been to a few lectures from different Buddhist schools of thought. I never gave much thought to pursuit of anything further because all the "woo-woo" spiritual wrappings and trippy-hippy nonsense, like Brad discusses in the book (smiling old bald men with superficial platitudes and a culture of 60s leftovers promoting it in the US stand out!).I was quite wrong reading his book. No nonsense, no BS, no trippy crap. Just straight to the point, that our life in every moment is our nirvana, even if we can't figure it out yet.
There are probably as many opinions about Zen and Buddhist practice as there are Zen practitioners. Brad Warner cuts through the rhetoric and dogma with a very down-to-Earth and blunt style that is more useful for a real western Zen novice than all the traditional academics out there.Highly recommended!
I see there are some folks that really disapprove of Brad Warner's way of presenting Buddhism. Well all I can say to that is that not all us have that same background, and can appreciate the same ways of communication on any subject. That goes especially for spirituality. Even the Dalai Lama said in The Art of Happiness that "there are over 7 billion people in this world, maybe there should be 7 billion religions."I believe that a demeanor like Warner's for the face of Buddhism is one that is long overdue in our society. His attitude towards the subject is one that resonates with the many people of today that tend to be turned off by most religious and spiritual practices. Most people I know that ask me about Buddhism get the impression a bunch of flower loving hippies doing yoga. There are many different flavors of Buddhism, but a lot of the cultural fluff that surrounds it covers up its very simple message. This book reveals that message from the perspective of a man that was once very pessimistic towards the idea of most spiritual practices and their dogmas. The first chapter describes exactly how I felt about many subjects including Buddhism. This passage from the book could sum it all up:"It's a damned shame that so much so-called Buddhist writing seems intended to function like spiritual elevator music. Mix up some lullaby-style writing and a few well-worn Buddhist clichés--or quotes from Yoda ("Let the Force flow through you!") and David Carradine's character in Kung Fu ("Patience, Grasshopper!"), if you don't know any real Buddhist soundbites--wrap it all up in a serene cover with a ripply-water picture and--Hey! Yer makin' Buddhism!"This was a very funny and entertaining read! If you do read this book, and like its angle, I also recommend Buddhism Plain and Simple by Steve Hagan.
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