Doing a bunch of speaking gigs in British Columbia starting next week:
November 13, 2009 7 PM, Vancouver, BC, Centre for Peace, 1825 West 16
Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. contact kyira@diydharma.org for more info
November 14, 2009 1 PM Meditation with Brad Warner, Vancouver, BC, Dharmalab, 202-1814 Pandora St., Vancouver, B.C.
$15-$25 sliding scale but no one will be turned away solely for lack of funds... Read More
Good luck in spreading the dharma. I think our world needs teachers right now--people who can point the way. I believe Obama's election had a lot to do with people's needs to be led, to be shown a new direction that was freer from greed and war than the last 8 years. And that also includes the individual's quest for a world of greater care and hope--compassion in action.
So, your teaching the zen way is an all-encompassing way to aim yourself in a new direction and see, hear and understand more of the larger world that is here all the time, all around us. Just like this (as my Zen Master Seung Sahn would say).
Hey dude, I just wanted to say thank you for everything. Hardcore Zen had a major impact on my life a few years ago, and with out that book and Dharma Punx, I wouldn't know about Buddhism today. Much love and respect.
I'll be giving a talk on Friday in Durham, on Saturday in London and on Monday in Bristol.
Details are as follows:
September 11, 2009 (Fri) 8:15 PM Durham Durham University, Elvet Riverside, Room 140 for info write jan@zentre.org.uk
September 12, 2009 (Sat) 2 PM King's College London, Strand, London WC2 in Lecture Theatre 2C for details contact apdeakin@gmail.com
September 14,... Read More
I don't know why, but the expression "giving a talk" just struck me as odd. Ever wonder why we use it, instead of just saying "I will be talking"? I don't know. The phrase to me implies that you could "take a talk". I might try that sometime, instead of saying that I'm a good listener, I will say that I "am great at taking talks"
Just some randomness for you Brad. Keep doing what you do, brother.
All members who read this blog are ORDERED to come to the events. Also, mail me if you're around. I have bits of down time here & there and may need non-Zenny people to hang around with.
I just posted this on my regular blog. But it's kind of relevant to what I've been posting here:
I got an e-mail yesterday from a blogger who wanted my Zen dating advice. The blog is gonna come out next week and I'll link to it so you can see what I said.
It's weird she should ask me this now because I've been thinking... Read More
I wanna be like one of those guys in movies from the Forties, "Women! Who needs 'em?" But still not a homo. Not that there's anything wrong with being a homo, mind you. It's just that I'm not a homo.
I have a subscription to this site. What do I need... Read More
I've given up dating too many times... devious lady types, always waiting until you think you have it worked out and then flirting with you long enough to build up your craving again... and during that time it seems like every woman on earth is some how interested in you... and then BAM... you suddenly are some sort of untouchable.
EDIT: Sorry for being a bit late. I didn't have internet for somewhere around 3 months and just got around to ACTUALLY visiting SG.
So I'm going to start posting here more often. It's my mid-year resolution! But I want to post stuff I wouldn't put in my articles for the site or in my regular blog (http://hardcorezen.blogspot.com).
So now that I'm a free man, girlfriend-wise, I've decided to start dating. Well, actually I have started. Sort of. I think. Anyway, I keep hearing about people hooking up thru... Read More
You are a wonderful teacher/monk. You show us how it's done by just putting it out there as honestly as you can. That's what wowed me with your third book. As someone who has sat mostly alone zazen for 5 years and gotten wonderful things out of it, and having gained a little through age, I find that real good things can happen by just being as honest as you can and sincere too. So I think that's probably the best way to meet someone on this site. I think as men, we were not socialized to do this, to be as open in relationships as we can and trust in this. So it's really been kind of a whole new direction for me, I know. Zazen just knocked over so much of the head stuff that got in the way.
r-h
On my way to start a week's residency in the Great White North city of Saskatoon.
Here are the main events:
May 5, 2009 (Tues) 7:30pm: Public talk at the Frances Morrison Branch of the Saskatoon Public Library (main branch at 23rd and 4th) (http://www.saskatoonlibrary.ca/)
May 6, 2009 (Wed) 6:00-8:00 book signing at Indigo Books on 8th street (http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/storeLocator/storeDetails/406)
May 7, 2009 (Thurs) 7:30-9:30... Read More
HEY SG MEMBERS!! I'm on tour throughout the USA and I have only seen ONE (1) SG person in the 3 weeks I've been out. So I'm gonna start posting updates here more regularly. Here are the date and places coming up next (after this I'll be in Montreal, Detroit and Saskatoon, I'll post those later):
TENNESSEE
April 10 - 12, 2009 (Fri-Sun) 3 Day... Read More
I have been talking to the people at the Atlanta Soto Zen Center about doing something there in July. I'll post a notice on my blog (hardcorezen.blogspot.com) once this is confirmed. I don't know how far it is to Athens from Atlanta. Maybe you can help set up something there?
Well, I would love to, but I am not currently practicing Zen in any real capacity so I don't really have access to a space to set anything up with. I was actually hoping you would randomly be dropping by anyway. Sorry! I have considered taking zazen back up after finishing your book, but I haven't done that yet. So I'm not sure how I could help set something up as I have no pull with any groups or the university. Actually, I was wondering if you might say that I should set something up or something of the sort before I posted my comment and I would have nothing to say (which is the case), but I decided to post my comment anyway.
Perhaps I'll be able to get to the Soto Zen Center in the future though. It's a little over an hour away from Athens, which isn't too far. Thanks for replying to my comment, at least! It's cool to channel celebrity vicariously.
So, your teaching the zen way is an all-encompassing way to aim yourself in a new direction and see, hear and understand more of the larger world that is here all the time, all around us. Just like this (as my Zen Master Seung Sahn would say).
Brad Urban