Hardcore Zen

A Monk Walks Into a Bar... 01.07.2025 21:27 ↓

There's a bar in Tokyo run by Buddhist monks. Is that even allowed??

The Samadhi of Receiving & Using the Self 27.06.2025 22:31 ↓

A talk I gave in Germany in 2024.

I-Less Abiding 24.06.2025 21:06 ↓

What is "I-less abiding," and do you need it in your practice?

Mortality & Death in Buddhism 20.06.2025 21:13 ↓

Here's what my teacher said about death in Buddhism.

What 5 Nights in Hospital Taught Me 17.06.2025 22:56 ↓

You can learn a lot from being totally dependent.

Primordial Ignorance 13.06.2025 19:56 ↓

A talk from Bonn, Germany on Sept. 13, 2022. Buddhists use the word "ignorance" a lot. But what does "ignorance" mean in the Buddhist context?

Buddha As a Toilet 03.06.2025 24:32 ↓

What's the difference between you, your toilet, and the universe?

The Zen of Godzilla 30.05.2025 25:37 ↓

What does Godzilla have to do with Zen?

Are You Being Seen by Your Zen Teacher? 27.05.2025 23:27 ↓

And, if so, is that a good thing?

Don't Fear Fear 22.05.2025 21:04 ↓

What's the Zen way to overcome overwhelming fear?

What Are You Gonna Do With Your Life? 20.05.2025 18:48 ↓

Can you have an aim for the future and still be in the here and now?

Is Karma Fake?? 14.05.2025 20:20 ↓

Is cause-and-effect just a scam by Big Karma?

Mother's Day When Your Mom is Dead 12.05.2025 21:37 ↓

How do you celebrate Mother's Day when your mom is gone?

Zen As Self Help 09.05.2025 20:55 ↓

Can we use Zen practice as a self help method?

Dogen's Other Shobogenzo 06.05.2025 21:56 ↓

Dogen wrote three books called Shobogenzo. Here I take a look at a new edition of one of the other Shobogenzos.

Zen When You're Sick 28.04.2025 26:30 ↓

How does Brad do Zen practice when he's sick?

Work As Zen Practice 23.04.2025 26:33 ↓

How can work be Zen practice?

What Do We Put Our Faith In? 16.04.2025 19:11 ↓

What do Buddhists, who don't believe in God (or at least not the kind of God some people believe in), put our faith in?

Spiritual By-Passing 15.04.2025 23:18 ↓

How do "meditator influencers" stay blissful all the time?

The Ocean of Consciousness 11.04.2025 21:41 ↓

Is it a Buddhist teaching that we return to the Ocean of Consciousness when we die?

Spirit in Buddhism 09.04.2025 17:16 ↓

Is Buddhism a spiritual religion?

The White Lotus - A Buddhist Review 08.04.2025 27:15 ↓

Is it Buddhist??

The Four Noble Truths Are WRONG! 04.04.2025 21:15 ↓

For Nishijima Roshi's pamphlet, go to -   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qV-F9KoXldRPzmDmpO4H2ZbXPuvmB5Cv/view

What's Even the Point of Enlightenment? 03.04.2025 21:48 ↓

Well...what is it?

The Power of Now is Wrong! 31.03.2025 20:04 ↓

Here's why!