SIT DOWN AND
SHUT UP
a Buddhist Website
My name is Brad and
I'm a Buddhist.
I was ordained in the Soto School of Zen Buddhism, the sect
brought to
Japan by a dude named Dogen in the 13th century. My teacher is Gudo
Wafu Nishijima. He originally studied under Kodo Sawaki, a radical
teacher who set out to overturn pretty much all of what had become
established as Buddhism in Japan in the early 20th century. I began
studying Zen in the early 1980s in Ohio under Tim McCarthy whose
teacher was Kobun Chino who was brought to America by Shunryu Suzuki,
author of Zen Mind Beginner's Mind. In those days, I was the bassist
for ODFx (or Zero Defex), a hardcore punk band who none other than MDC
cited as one of their fave groups. After ODFx bit the dust, I signed to
Midnight Records and made five albums under the band name Dimentia 13.
In 1994, I fulfilled a lifelong dream and
got a job in Tokyo, Japan with the company founded by the special
effects man behind the classic Godzilla films. I still work there.
I also wrote a book called Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and
the Truth About Reality published by Wisdom Publications. It's an OK
book. Some people like it. Maybe you will or maybe not. Whatever.
Here's some on-going stuff I do.
ZAZEN CLASS IN
SANTA MONICA
If you're in Southern California, come along and see what zazen is
all about. I guarantee you'll be bored silly!
ONE DAY ZAZEN RETREATS
IN SANTA MONICA
Oh, the boredom!!!!!!
BASIC STUFF
THE GREAT HEART OF WISDOM SUTRA
This is the basic philosophy of Zen Buddhism summed up in one neat,
easy package.
OLD ARTICLES (in no
particular order)
WHACK THE
DALAI LAMA
ALL ALONG THE
WATCHTOWER
WHAT THE BLEEP Part One
WHAT
THE BLEEP
Part Two
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
PROPER POSTURE
REQUIRED
THE LAST
SAMURAI
KENSHO SCHMENSHO
THE END OF SCIENCE
ZEN IS BORING!
THE
ENLIGHTENMENT MACHINE
BAD HAIR DAY
COLORS OF
MIND
VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN
CONTACT
Wanna write me? OK. But
please read this first, all right?