quotes by Brad Warner

"The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself."
— Brad Warner

"You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away."
— Brad Warner (Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip Through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma)

"If you want to believe in reincarnation, you have to believe that this life, what you're living through right now, is the afterlife. You're missing out on the afterlife you looked forward to in your last existence by worrying about your next life. This is what happens after you die. Take a look."
— Brad Warner

"If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise?"
— Brad Warner (Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye)

"How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!"
— Brad Warner (Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about Reality)

"You can't function in society if you don't involve yourself in the fictions society accepts about time. But you do so with the understanding that you're playing a game."
— Brad Warner

"Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end."
— Brad Warner (Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye)