Talk recorded at the Victoria Zen Centre. This talk was given by Brad Warner of the Victoria Zen Centre. You can support the Victoria Zen Centre by making a secure donation: http://www.zenwest.ca/donations.htm To support Sweeping ... Continue Reading »
Talk recorded at the Victoria Zen Centre. This talk was given by Brad Warner of the Victoria Zen Centre. You can support the Victoria Zen Centre by making a secure donation: http://www.zenwest.ca/donations.htm To support Sweeping ... Continue Reading »
Talk recorded at the Victoria Zen Centre. This talk was given by Brad Warner of the Victoria Zen Centre. You can support the Victoria Zen Centre by making a secure donation: http://www.zenwest.ca/donations.htm To support Sweeping ... Continue Reading »
Talk recorded at the Victoria Zen Centre. This talk was given by Brad Warner of the Victoria Zen Centre. You can support the Victoria Zen Centre by making a secure donation: http://www.zenwest.ca/donations.htm To support Sweeping ... Continue Reading »
By Adam Tebbe So I just read this piece by Brad Warner on his reaction to Dennis Genpo Merzel's stepping down as a Zen priest and resigning his status within the White Plum Asanga. ... Continue Reading »
In Sit Down and Shut Up, Brad Warner tackles one of the great works of Zen literature, the Shobogenzo by 13th-century Zen master Dogen. Illuminating Dogen’s enigmatic teachings in plain language, ... Continue Reading »
Many of you have seen these being shared all over Facebook. These were filmed by Jan Becker at http://www.bluetreeproductions.com (check out her website) Brad Warner is a Soto Zen teacher and author of several ... Continue Reading »
How does a real-life Zen master — not the preternaturally calm, cartoonish Zen masters depicted by mainstream culture — help others through hard times when he’s dealing with pain of his own? How does ... Continue Reading »
Video documentary of Brad Warner's tour of Finland. Continue Reading »
With his one-of-a kind blend of autobiography, pop culture, and plainspoken Buddhism, Brad Warner explores an A-to-Z of sexual topics — from masturbation to dating, gender identity to pornography. In addition ... Continue Reading »
This is not your typical "Zen" book. Brad Warner, the young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one—just like Reality itself. This bold new approach to ... Continue Reading »
Completed on October 29, 2010 Jundo James Cohen (b. 1960) is the founder of Treeleaf Zendo, a Soto Zen Sangha located in Tsukuba, Japan. He was ordained in 2002 and subsequently received Dharma Transmission ... Continue Reading »
Brad Warner (born March 5, 1964) is an ordained Soto Zen teacher and author of the books Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate (2009), Sit Down and Shut Up (2007) and Hardcore ... Continue Reading »
Established in 2009 as a grassroots initiative, Sweeping Zen is a digital archive of information on Zen Buddhism. Featuring in-depth interviews, an extensive database of biographies, news, articles, podcasts, teacher blogs, events, directories and more, this site is dedicated to offering the public a range of views in the sphere of Zen Buddhist thought. We are also endeavoring to continue creating lineage charts for all Western Zen lines, doing our own small part in advancing historical documentation on this fabulous import of an ancient tradition. Come on in with a tea or coffee. You're always bound to find something new.