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In short: anything involving human beings interpreting reality is destined to bring chaos along. We can never get things right because we are fundamentally animals who must satisfy needs - to eat (which requires money - so already it’s game over for selflessness), to breath, to excrete, to have shelters (again - money required), at barest minimum. If basic desire (for genuine necessities) and aversion (from genuine danger) are extinguished then so is the capacity to survive in the world. What then is the enlightened way to have what you need and avert what you must? Usually it’s by running retreats and getting paid by people seeking an end to their own pain…which is of great worth. Bottom line: Life is not easy. Sometimes is downright awful. Usually great joys and solace is mixed in. Unfairly some will cruise through a live grandly while others will get snagged in torments. Neither are deserved, but it’s just the law of chance and probability operating within complex systems. I suggest you learn to put yourself in the most healthy circumstance you possibly can, accepting the fact that we simply cannot control everything, but usually we have some control over some things… stoicism is probably a good place to start getting your life together.

Thank you Brad!

Thank you for this and your efforts overall, really powerful stuff in this video.

Handsome Brad Warner > Jimi Hendrix

Wait, you didn't play it with your teeth? 😃

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9:00: "Some of the best Zen teachers are those you never heard of." Right. Like, who's heard of Chaitanya Peter Cutler? I asked him if he would like to meet you, but he is perfectly content. No need to meet anyone. A Good Zen Teacher in America? Yes. Does he care so few attend his classes? Not at all.

Shakyamuni Buddha himself is quoted to have been teaching something very much on the same lines of the Shin Jin Mei's prime teaching when, in the Samyutta Nikāya (Pali Tipitaka btw) he is recorded saying: "Regard with equanimity all contacts, both pleasant and painful, without favouring or rejecting anything."

Jimi would be proud!

Kapleau did not receive inka, the “formal seal” of his teacher. And he never claimed to have received inka. The purpose of inka is to ensure that the mind-seal of enlightenment is passed from teacher to teacher, all the way back to the Buddha. But the history of Zen is full of irregularities. And Zen Masters still call themselves Roshi. Kapleau was unusual in that respect. He did not call himself Roshi. Except the book covers, which were out of character: a mistake, maybe? Phony is not a good term. Using it for the Awakened is not good. Hinduism warns against it: Vaisnava Aparadha.

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Kapleau did not receive inka, the “formal seal” of his teacher. And he never claimed to have received inka. The purpose of inka is to ensure that the mind-seal of enlightenment is passed from teacher to teacher, all the way back to the Buddha. But the history of Zen is full of irregularities. And Zen Masters still call themselves Roshi. Kapleau was unusual in that respect. He never called himself Roshi. Except the book covers, which were out of character: some kind of mistake, presumably. Phony is not a good term. Especially, using it for Awakened beings. Hinduism warns against it: Vaisnava Aparadha.

first we lift some weights, zen we lift some more

The source is the father all righteous. We all have the divine spark within. But we stray from the divine mind. We go down in degrees. Existence is governed by righteous laws. So we can't just grab boobs , because we then are furthering our distance from the divine mind. The world today is spreading the gap from the divine mind

The word 'rōshi' is short for 'row ship', which means captain. So rōshi means captain 😇

I thought you did a great job, I’ve been watching/listening AV stuff lately, I was struck by how similar it is to Zen. You cleared something things up for me, questions I had (always with the questions). Thank you. Go Ziggy!

What were the secrets?

You should have stretched yourself and done the Whitney Houston version..

Ever consider that you're the phoney?

Needs more cowbell 🙂

Play Ball!

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. I'm going to take my own advice: Stop scrolling and sit. Bye!

Reminds me of Jimi Hendrix's rendition Live at Woodstock 1969. And no I wasn't there.

😡When is the Venerable Ziggy getting Dharma transmission!? ☸ I demand to know!

This whole zen ‘dharma transmission’ sounds like you got syphilis from your teacher and now you go around trying to infect your students.

not a roshi because of Eido... narcissists are a great stain on any group...

the lineage transmission (shiho, shisho) is a Chinese cunfucian instituition transfered to Japan and had the only function to transfer the chinese imperial rule, also a totally nonsense in Western culture and way of life

Calling Kapleau phony is over the top. Sure maybe he didn’t dot all his i’s or cross all his T’s in terms of getting formal authority to teach- nonetheless he studied with some of the great foundational Zen Masters of the 20th century and his 3 Pillars book introduced multiple generations of Westerners to Zen, and is arguably the most influential Zen text of the 20th century

Calling an enlightened being phony.

9:25 "Probably Kapleau figured he was enlightened." (!!!). You mean "Kapleau was probably enlightened"?

Calling an enlightened sage phony?

My former teacher, who I really respected and still do, actually interacted with you at RZC (he was very close to Kapleau). I eventually left my former center here in NC for a few reasons … Kapleau’s lineage is essentially dead, and I never felt right about his own use of a title not earned. Plus they (Sanbo) stress koans as practice, which never felt right to me. They also see Soto Zen as the “Cult of Dogen”, and really seem to mostly embrace other Sanbo teachers. I just never felt at home there … as nice as everyone was. But it was a fine place to start!

Didn't Frederick Lenz write that truly shocking piece of shit called Surfing the Himalayas? To be honest, I found that book to be really pretentious, contrived, and creepy. I mean, what kind of idiot is called Master Fwap, lol.

Brad, have you seen the letters between Yamada Roshi and Kapleau? They are public and out there. Yamada claimed to have worked on koans with Kapleau just prior to Kapleau's definitive departure for the states and that Kapleau was somewhere around number 36 of the Blue Cliff Record. Kapleau replied that he had finished the Blue Cliff and only wanted to "check" his understanding of a few koans. Whatever the case may be, Kapleau had finished far fewer than a third of the koan curriculum. He never even worked on any precept koans, although he denies this and said that had worked on a few with Yasutani Roshi -- which is utter nonsense. The precept koans come at the end. We don't "work on a few" here and there.

hey brad! could you re do a video about this? thanks!

I was negatively surprised that you did not mention Jundo Cohen. but maybe it will come in a completely separate clip?

Instead of online dating, I’m starting a cult. Thanks for the tips Brad! 👍🏼

Dude that Downey McDonald’s I live in Downey , we can meet at Downey library, we have a book club. We are reading Ever green by Naomi Harada Well, growing up in Downey, we had Norwalk Japanese American Community center which back in the 1980. I had several Japanese American friends , but today. I am part of Seicho no ie in GArdena I am learning of Nishintani. Which he hung out with the big phenomonlgy guys. I just found this about a month ago …. Well, we need to talk. Well, when can we meet. Downey. Library or any event in Los Angeles.. I know, I am not crazy, Frank Martinez Downey California

Loved it but 3 Pillars of Zen was a bit confusing for me when I read it 30 years ago. Incidentally, Rochester Zen Center is about the only place I think a person can go to apply for ordination. Which is great, but somehow odd. Another great video Brad! ❤You’re a handsome guy!

Hey handsome, don't know if you'd be interested, but Remco has a new fretless video that's pretty cool.

Your quote about emptiness resounded very hard with me

Don’t worry about offending people people need to stop their egos

All Zen teachers are fake bc Zen is made up bs. You're just enjoying being calm, that's it

I don't think you are relly in the position to criticise Philip Kapleau.

Unfortunately global warming is an abrupt irreversible exponential function . Soon the denial will become panic.

you have a good looking wife, make her a zen master

I only watch for the Venerable Ziggy. I don't know who this Brad guy is. Please stop being stingy and give Ziggy dharma transmission. Ziggy has the Buddha Nature, we can all see it.

you are trump zen

Well said Brad! As William S. Burroughs said: the word is a virus. So is Woke ideology and everything related.

Hey Brad love this series