Synopses & Reviews
Review
Praise for Brad Warner and
Sit Down and Shut Up:
Warners intimate, funny, conversational style goes a long way toward imparting his many sensible messages. Deserving of a wide audience.”
— Library Journal
Buddhism has long enjoyed baffling crazy wisdom teachers and paradoxical koans, and Warners punk iconoclasm fits in nicely.”
— Publishers Weekly
[Brad Warner] seems about as honest as they come, and he shares his personal history and opinions freely.”
— Booklist
I can already smell the beautiful smell of newly soiled meditation mats all across this great land of ours.”
— Razorcake
Nuggets of wisdom rarely seen in an author this plugged in to youth-counter-modern-hipster-culture.”
— Buddhistgeeks.com
There are plenty of Buddhist/Spiritual authors on the market who will gladly sell you a pat on the back. Brad Warner is not one of those.”
— D. Randall Blythe, lead screamer, Lamb of God
Synopsis
How does a real-life Zen master — not the preternaturally calm, cartoonish Zen masters depicted by mainstream culture — help others through hard times when hes dealing with pain of his own? How does he meditate when the world is crumbling around him? Is meditation a valid response or just another form of escapism? These are the questions Brad Warner ponders in
Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate.
During a year that Warner spent giving talks and leading retreats across North America, his mother and grandmother died, he lost his dream job, and his marriage fell apart. In writing about how he applied the Buddhas teachings to his own real-life suffering, Warner shatters expectations, revealing that Buddhism isnt some esoteric pie-in-the-sky ultimate solution but an exceptionally practical way to deal with whatever life dishes out.
Synopsis
In one year, Zen teach Warner lost his job, his mother died, and his marriage fell apart. In this work, the author mixes his real-life adventures with Buddhist philosophy, and provides a practical and rational way to deal with what life dishes out.
About the Author
The bassist for the punk band Zero Defects, Brad Warner is a Zen priest, filmmaker, and Japanese monster-movie marketer living in Los Angeles. The author of Hardcore Zen and Sit Down and Shut Up, he is also is also the director and producer of Clevelands Screaming, a documentary about the Ohio punk scene. He teaches Zen in Santa Monica and writes a monthly column for Suicidegirls.com. His website is hardcorezen.blogspot.com.