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Hardcore Zen

Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth about Reality

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Hardcore Zen

By: Brad Warner
Narrated by: Brad Warner
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About this listen

This is not your typical Zen book. Brad Warner, a young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one. 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. As it prods readers to question everything, Hardcore Zen is both an approach and a departure, leaving behind the soft and lyrical for the gritty and stark perspective of a new generation.

The subtitle says it all: There has never been a book like this.

©2003 Brad Warner (P)2013 Brad Warner Buddhism Philosophy Meditation Zen Buddhism

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if you're interested in Zen and more specifically Zazen, this is a must listen. would highly recommend 👌

A must listen!

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This book challenges you. Listen and read it. It will help you be you. Face reality.

The real deal

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I really enjoyed this book. Very good and straight to the point. I like the way he broke the deep stuff up with stories. Will definitely be listening to it again.

One of my favourite books.

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The Cat that isn't even billed as co-star, yet it totally steals the show. :)

Joking aside, great book. I have read it a number of times, along with Warner's other books. This works really well as an audiobook. Very relaxed reading and although "not professionally" recorded, the quality is great.

Great audio version of a great book.

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informative, helpful and entertaining. Brad is very easy to listen to and his personal experiences and anecdotes make this all the more relatable. It's easy to get bogged down in a lot of information heavy zen books, but this is light and perfect to digest. A thoroughly interesting author too!

Fantastic

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