Myogen Steve Stückey
My friend Myogen Steve Stückey Roshi, abbot of San Francisco Zen Center passed away this morning. I will miss him. Steve was a good guy and not at all like what one expects from a Zen master type, especially one who is the abbot of a major American Zen center. He was always really straight […]
The Iguana Effect
Ever since I was about ten I’ve wanted to make my own monster movie. When I was a teenager I made a few with friends. When I was around 27 or so I got myself a VHS video camera and with my friend Dana Mitchell (now Dana Plambeck) I put together a script and started […]
JUST DO IT!
Only 37 more hours on our fundraiser for the Hardcore Zen Movie Tour. People keep asking about DVDs. The ONLY way to get a DVD of the film is to contribute $25 to the fundraiser. We aren’t planning to make any more after this. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brad-warner-s-hardcore-zen-the-tour We are funding this tour on our own money. And […]
Can I Be Your Student?
Today someone sent me an email asking to be my student. This prompted the following thoughts, which I now present to you in the form of a kind of open letter. This isn’t precisely the email I sent in response to the questioner. But parts of it are. I’m never sure what people mean when […]
MBSR Article
Thank you for all your responses to my previous post. I have only replied to a few of them so far. But I promise, I’ll get to everyone. But once again I must call upon the Power Of The Internet. Maybe a month ago or so somebody posted something either in the comments section here […]