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Uploaded by on Nov 11, 2010

2nd Mini Interview with Brad Warner: What is Zen?
In a series of mini interviews Brad Warner answers basic questions about Buddhism, Zen and Dogen.
More info at:
http://www.dogensanghalosangeles.org
http://hardcorezen.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=150520184973552
Filmed by Jan Becker, www.bluetreeproductions.com

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  • Brad is a good looking guy :)

  • this video doesnt convey the concept of chan/zen/lankavatara/meditatio­n tradition in the correct manner.

  • I think there's a technical term (in Chan Buddhism) for these type of 'zennists', Blockheads! If they were more familiar with the Ancients they'd know this. What Mr. Warner is describing is a Japanese (cult-like) Soto interpretation of Chinese Chan Buddhism.

  • @MrChava685 video the word "mere" is quantative so you've called him not just a a "prattler but a "mere" prattler as if there are greater things to be than a prattler. I consider this vid a lesson in history and origin by someone who enjoys teaching and I appreciated it. I don't think he was prattling at all. Even if he was a prattler, I would rather spend 10 hours with a pratller than 5 minutes with a curmudgeon. Criticism has become your hindrance.

  • Meditation has naught to do with sitting, though. You say "the Zazen" practice, but formal sitting is itself a ritual, that, as you say many times, is ultimately good for nothing (as Kodo Sawaki used to say). - What is not talked a lot on your blog is what Zen was really originally about (before Dogen's very Japanese/Tendai phenomenalist interpreation of it): the Lankavatara Sutra, realizing Buddha Mind, the Mind-only Doctrine.

  • @MrChava685 Are you going just by this video or by his writings?

  • you have chosen to become a mere prattler. be zen. ur knowledge has become your hindrance.

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