"Zen Beginnings"

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"Zen Beginnings"

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Nov 12, 2019

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Recorded October 12, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. In this episode I write to Marky about how I got started in Zen. This talk was delivered before a group that included a number of people who knew the real people upon whom "Marky" in the book was based. I think the discussion after the letter was one of the best that I've had so far with an audience.

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Nov 12, 2019

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Zen teacher/author Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen, Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen, Don't Be a Jerk, Sit Down and Shut Up, and many more books about Zen, shares his thoughts about Zen and other stuff.

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Beginner's Mind (aka Shoshin): Recorded in London, England on July 4, 2019, Brad Warner introduces his book Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen. The book is a series of letters to Brad’s childhood friend Marky who died in 2014. Brad wants to tell his friend everything he never said, to... by Hardcore Zen
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"Zen Beginnings": Recorded October 12, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. In this episode I write to Marky about how I got started in Zen. This talk was delivered before a group that included a number of people who knew the real people upon whom "Marky" in the book was based. I think t... by Hardcore Zen
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The Grand Canyon and Enlightenment: Here's a talk I gave in Phoenix, Arizona in 2012 about the Grand Canyon and Enlightenment. by Hardcore Zen
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Buddhas Alone Together With Buddhas Part One: My paraphrase of Dogen's essay "Buddhas Alone Together With Buddhas" in the style of the Dogen paraphrases I did for my books Don't Be a Jerk and It Came From Beyond Zen. by Hardcore Zen
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Buddhas Alone Together With Buddhas Part Four: Part Four (4! Count 'em!) of my commentary on Dogen's essay Buddhas Alone Together With Buddhas. In this one I say some weird stuff about astrology and astronomy. by Hardcore Zen
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Buddhas Alone Together With Buddhas Part Three: Part Three of my translation and commentary on Dogen's essay Yui Butsu Yo Butsu, aka Buddhas Alone Together With Buddhas. by Hardcore Zen
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