Interview with Brad Warner

I had the pleasure to talk with ‪@HardcoreZen‬ via Zoom on July 3rd 2020.
Here are the questions I asked Brad:
1) Who are you?
2) What is enlightenment?
3) Are there any qualifications for enlightenment?
4) What is the role of zazen and how do you practice it?
5) Who is a teacher? What is the teacher's role? How to recognize a true teacher?
6) How can we, as human beings, overcome suffering?
7) What does it mean to transcend the ego?
8) What is the role of devotion in Zen Buddhism?
9) How does one practice Zen in daily life?
10) When you meet someone who seeks for the way, what would your short advice be?
The inspiration for this interview came from the movie
“Blueprints for Zen-Practice” - • Movie Blueprints for Z...
Muho’s answers - • Was ist Erleuchtung?
Dual non-dual Quotes by Simone Weil:
“Let us love this distance, which is thoroughly woven with friendship, since those who do not love each other are not separated.”
“To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we love.”
Brad on Twitter - / bradwarner
Brad’s blog - hardcorezen.info
Brad’s books - hardcorezen.inf...
Angel City Zen Ctr. Zoom Schedule & podcast - www.aczc.org
Donate to Brad by PayPal - hardcorezen.inf...
Brad’s Patreon page - www.patreon.co...
Donations to Muho: sendaba.hatena...
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As much as I enjoy both of their videos, seeing that they’ll try to define and discuss about enlightenment, I can only facepalm before listening to that bit. If you wish to discuss standards, modern soto is the worst place to begin. Even old soto had solid standards! Thank you and oh no.