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Brad Warner Quotes

But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the game and think it’s important, but I can’t get excited about that myself Picture Quote #1

What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn’t even really a Zen thing, that sort of came along later Picture Quote #1

I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I’ve forgotten what your first question was and how we were going to tie this together Picture Quote #1

It’s crazy to me how concerned people get with what it looks like and what you can do there. People may as well be talking about JRR Tolkien or Star Trek or something Picture Quote #1

But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the game and think it’s important, but I can’t get excited about that myself Picture Quote #1

I remember writing the post but not what I said specifically, so I’ll either repeat myself or say something completely different and baffle everybody Picture Quote #1

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I used to worry when I was a teenager, even into my twenties, after I’d heard something about schizophrenia and how people just suddenly become schizophrenic that I was insane Picture Quote #1

I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998 American Godzilla film, Hollywood didn’t understand what Godzilla was Picture Quote #1

How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden! Picture Quote #1

People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no one else notices Picture Quote #1

Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that everything we encounter - bliss or nonbliss - possesses a tremendous depth and beauty that we usually miss Picture Quote #1

The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that’s easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama Picture Quote #1

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So I was first exposed to this guy Tim McCarthy, and he’s talking about Zen, but deeper than that he was a genuine person. I thought maybe he’s someone I can trust and follow this thing he’s talking about all the time Picture Quote #1

So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now definitely a part of, doesn’t have an understanding of what Enlightenment is Picture Quote #1

No matter what we predict for our futures, we’re always wrong anyway. The only sensible thing to do is to live this life as it is right now. Leave what happens after you die till after you die Picture Quote #1

Buddha might be the one thing that could settle Godzilla down. He might say, Listen Godzilla, you don’t have to do all this. Just chill out a little bit and everything will be fine Picture Quote #1

You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die Picture Quote #1

Morality is a personal matter Picture Quote #1

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As for enlightenment, that’s just for people who can’t face reality Picture Quote #1

Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end Picture Quote #1

The problem is the way we let our desires stand in the way of our enjoyment of what we already have Picture Quote #1

Your role is to do and say the things that need to be done and said from your unique perspective Picture Quote #1

No matter what we predict for our futures, we’re always wrong anyway. The only sensible thing to do is to live this life as it is right now. Leave what happens after you die till after you die Picture Quote #1

Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action Picture Quote #1

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If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise? Picture Quote #1

You can’t function in society if you don’t involve yourself in the fictions society accepts about time. But you do so with the understanding that you’re playing a game Picture Quote #1

You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die Picture Quote #1

Reality’s all you’ve got. But here’s the real secret, the real miracle: it’s enough Picture Quote #1

True mindfulness is the awareness that everything you encounter is a vigorous expression of the same living universe as you Picture Quote #1

You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away Picture Quote #1

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But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the game and think it’s important, but I can’t get excited about that myself. (Brad Warner Quotes) What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn’t even really a Zen thing, that sort of came along later (Brad Warner Quotes) I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I’ve forgotten what your first question was and how we were going to tie this together (Brad Warner Quotes) It’s crazy to me how concerned people get with what it looks like and what you can do there. People may as well be talking about JRR Tolkien or Star Trek or something (Brad Warner Quotes) But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the game and think it’s important, but I can’t get excited about that myself (Brad Warner Quotes) I remember writing the post but not what I said specifically, so I’ll either repeat myself or say something completely different and baffle everybody (Brad Warner Quotes) I used to worry when I was a teenager, even into my twenties, after I’d heard something about schizophrenia and how people just suddenly become schizophrenic that I was insane (Brad Warner Quotes) I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998 American Godzilla film, Hollywood didn’t understand what Godzilla was (Brad Warner Quotes) How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden! (Brad Warner Quotes) People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no one else notices (Brad Warner Quotes) Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that everything we encounter - bliss or nonbliss - possesses a tremendous depth and beauty that we usually miss (Brad Warner Quotes) The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that’s easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama (Brad Warner Quotes) So I was first exposed to this guy Tim McCarthy, and he’s talking about Zen, but deeper than that he was a genuine person. I thought maybe he’s someone I can trust and follow this thing he’s talking about all the time (Brad Warner Quotes) So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now definitely a part of, doesn’t have an understanding of what Enlightenment is (Brad Warner Quotes) No matter what we predict for our futures, we’re always wrong anyway. The only sensible thing to do is to live this life as it is right now. Leave what happens after you die till after you die. (Brad Warner Quotes) Buddha might be the one thing that could settle Godzilla down. He might say, Listen Godzilla, you don’t have to do all this. Just chill out a little bit and everything will be fine. (Brad Warner Quotes) You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die. (Brad Warner Quotes) Morality is a personal matter (Brad Warner Quotes) As for enlightenment, that’s just for people who can’t face reality (Brad Warner Quotes) Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end (Brad Warner Quotes) The problem is the way we let our desires stand in the way of our enjoyment of what we already have (Brad Warner Quotes) Your role is to do and say the things that need to be done and said from your unique perspective (Brad Warner Quotes) No matter what we predict for our futures, we’re always wrong anyway. The only sensible thing to do is to live this life as it is right now. Leave what happens after you die till after you die (Brad Warner Quotes) Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action (Brad Warner Quotes) If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise? (Brad Warner Quotes) You can’t function in society if you don’t involve yourself in the fictions society accepts about time. But you do so with the understanding that you’re playing a game (Brad Warner Quotes) You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die (Brad Warner Quotes) Reality’s all you’ve got. But here’s the real secret, the real miracle: it’s enough (Brad Warner Quotes) True mindfulness is the awareness that everything you encounter is a vigorous expression of the same living universe as you (Brad Warner Quotes) You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away (Brad Warner Quotes)

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