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  • Hans
    Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 1853

    Brad Warner's new book on the notion of God

    Hello,

    although I am only one third through his latest book, I feel confident in recommending Brad Warner's "There is no God and he is always with you - A search for God in odd places" nevertheless:



    If one doesn't like Brad's style then one is better off not buying it, since the way he writes might otherwise distract too much from his raising a lot of very interesting points.

    As always, academic pundits might criticise him (and in some cases probably rightly so) for not having done enough academic research, but in my reader's eyes his strength is making topics accessible without being pretentious AND without sacrificing substance.

    I did not and probably will not ever agree with him on everything (and what a boring world that would be), but I do feel if he wasn't around we'd have to invent him.

    This book might be especially interesting for all those who like to wrestle with some of the questions that were touched upon in our Zen & Catholicism thread.


    At the end of the day (now I'm pressing my own Zen button and am setting it to ACTIVE mode), we cannot get answers from books, but we can sometimes gain very valuable questions that might stay with us for a long long time.


    Gassho,

    Hans Chudo Mongen
  • Myozan Kodo
    Friend of Treeleaf
    • May 2010
    • 1901

    #2
    Hi Hans,
    Thanks for the recommendation.

    I know this is a brand new book ... but are you sure I haven't read it already?

    ... if not, I'll go get a copy.

    Gassho,
    Myozan

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    • Mp

      #3
      Thanks for the review Hans, will have a read.

      Gassho
      Shingen

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      • Jundo
        Treeleaf Founder and Priest
        • Apr 2006
        • 40325

        #4
        By the way, he'll probably be here at Treeleaf sometime in the summer to speak about the book and lead a Zazenkai for us.

        I mean, Brad will be here ... not God. (Assuming they are not the same, anyway. If they are the same, it would explain a few things).

        ' And let me remind everyone, that Koun Franz will be here to speak next week Sunday June 16. More details on that sometime in the coming days. )

        Gassho, J
        ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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        • Kyonin
          Treeleaf Priest / Engineer
          • Oct 2010
          • 6749

          #5
          Thanks for the recommendation!

          This book is now on my to-read list (which is humongous)

          Gassho,

          Kyonin
          Hondō Kyōnin
          奔道 協忍

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          • Risho
            Member
            • May 2010
            • 3179

            #6
            I'm looking forward to this book. I've really enjoyed his other ones.

            Gassho,

            Risho
            Email: risho.treeleaf@gmail.com

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            • Heisoku
              Member
              • Jun 2010
              • 1338

              #7
              Thanks for the info Hans. Have been reading 'Sex, Sin and Zen' and agree that his style sometimes distracts from the very insightful points he makes. Perhaps there is more Zen and less Brad appearing? After all how long can you dine out as an ex- punk rocker? Looking forward to reading it, perhaps a while after this one.
              Heisoku 平 息
              Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. (Basho)

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              • Joyo

                #8
                thanks for the recommendation, I am interested in reading it

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                • Geika
                  Treeleaf Unsui
                  • Jan 2010
                  • 4984

                  #9
                  I haven't read anything of his yet, besides his blog. Thanks for the clue, Hans.
                  求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
                  I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

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                  • Kokuu
                    Treeleaf Priest
                    • Nov 2012
                    • 6844

                    #10
                    For those who are interested in what others have to say about it, here is a review by James Ford: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeym...is-no-god.html

                    I have not read any books by Brad thus far but think that strong voices are a good thing in any tradition even if they do occasionally trample the odd toe.


                    Gassho
                    Andy

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                    • alan.r
                      Member
                      • Jan 2012
                      • 546

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Jundo
                      By the way, he'll probably be here at Treeleaf sometime in the summer to speak about the book and lead a Zazenkai for us.

                      I mean, Brad will be here ... not God. (Assuming they are not the same, anyway. If they are the same, it would explain a few things).
                      Just a small suggestion from me, which I think could be beneficial to all: if they're not the same, is there any way we could get God to lead a sit?

                      Thanks for sharing Hans!
                      Shōmon

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                      • Seimyo
                        Member
                        • Jan 2012
                        • 861

                        #12
                        Thanks for the heads-up Hans. I wasn't aware he was working on this.

                        Gassho,
                        Seimyo

                        明 Seimyō (Christhatischris)

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                        • Risho
                          Member
                          • May 2010
                          • 3179

                          #13
                          OH snap.. I missed Jundo's earlier comment. Looking forward to those Zazenkais
                          Email: risho.treeleaf@gmail.com

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                          • Jinyo
                            Member
                            • Jan 2012
                            • 1957

                            #14
                            There are some very generous extracts from the book on the Amazon preview facility. I didn't enjoy the style of his previous writing but this book reads well and it seems to raise some important issues.

                            Thanks for mentioning it - think I'll download on kindle (I've finally converted to Kindleism - it's great )

                            Gassho

                            Willow

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                            • gilles
                              Member
                              • Jan 2012
                              • 109

                              #15
                              brad's always a nice read

                              gassho.gilles

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