What’s So Wrong With Genpo Roshi?
Thanks for the overwhelmingly positive response to the previous post! I’m really glad that most people got what I was trying to say. But I’d like to address a few of the dissenting voices. Here are some comments from people who disliked that post:• God this Genpo thing is getting really tired. • I generally […]
New Levels of Minionship Available Now!
Following in the footsteps of the venerable Zen Master Genpo Merzel, I’d like to announce the following arrangements. I am now offering several levels of commitment to those who want to follow me and be my minions, underlings, or subordinates. I am calling my new method of Zen practice Big Swindle™ Zen! It allows you […]
Reader Questions
Hello, readers. I thought I’d waste your time with a few questions from people who read my stuff along with my answers to them. Dear Brad, I have been trying to develop my Zen practice since about a year ago. I looked around for a local group but couldn’t find one, and so got some […]
Crazy Wisdom? Or Just Plain Nuts?
I just posted a new article on the Suicide Girls safe-for-work blog. It’s called Crazy Wisdom – The Story of a Drunken Sex Pervert Who Revolutionized Buddhism. It’s about a new film called Crazy Wisdom. It’s a documentary about the life and times of Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche, the controversial Tibetan master who founded Naropa Institute […]
Apology to Jay Garfield
A couple days ago I wrote to Jay Garfield and said, “When I submitted Nishijima Roshi’s translation of Mulamadhyamakakarika to Monkfish Books, the title was Mulamadhyamakakarika. Nishijima Roshi had translated this as Song of the Fundamental Way. Monkfish Books said they didn’t think that was a marketable title and asked if they could use the […]
