23 min
Talk
There Are No Zen Teachers
Twenty minutes arguing against the role he himself holds.
About the teacher
Brad Warner
American Sōtō Zen priest, author and bass player, born in Ohio in 1964. He played in the hardcore band Zero Defex, moved to Japan in the 1990s and ended up working for the studio behind Ultraman, and trained there with Gudō Wafu Nishijima, who ordained him and named him his dharma heir in 2000. He teaches from Los Angeles and writes about Zen in plain language, with little patience for its trappings.
Upcoming events
Meet Brad Warner in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
No upcoming events are currently listed.
Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
18 min
Talk
Zazen Is Not Meditation
Why he thinks the word meditation gets zazen wrong, and what he says instead.
96 min
Interview
Hardcore Zen: The Long Interview
An hour and a half on his training with Nishijima, on dissolving the organisation he inherited, and on teaching without a lineage to lean on.
61 min
Interview
Hardcore Zen
Iain McNay asks him how a punk bass player ended up a Sōtō priest, and what he thinks the robes are worth.
Path
The wider context.
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Zazen & everyday awareness
Zen
Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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