Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality
Hardcore Zen is not your typical "Zen" book. Brad Warner, the young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one — just like Reality itself. 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...
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Hardcore Zen is not your typical "Zen" book. Brad Warner, the young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one — just like Reality itself. 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. The subtitle (and the cover!) say it all: there has never been a book like this one.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780861713806 (086171380X)
Publish date: August 8th 1994
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Pages no: 207
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Cultural,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Spirituality,
Japan,
Music,
Buddhism,
Zen
This book is either a five or a one, so I guess I'll compromise and give it a three. Warner provides what might be a totally unique.... Well, all books are unique, but somehow uniquely unique in tone, the "punk" explanation of Buddhism. Hey, who else is even attempting such a feat? The work is a lit...
This took me a while to get through, but it was mostly I read a little bit here and a little bit there. Warner provides an autobiography as well as a very nice treatise on Zen Buddhism. The work is very accessible overall to folks, like me, who desire to learn a bit more. Questioning is a key theme ...
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