Brad Warner
Brad Warner (born March 5, 1964) is an American Sōtō Zen teacher, author, blogger, documentarian, and punk rock bass guitarist.
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- Name
- Brad Warner
- Born
- 5 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
- Education
- Kent State University
- Occupation
- Author, blogger, documentarian, musician, Zen teacher
- Nationality
- United States
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• Name — Brad Warner • Dharma Name — Ōdō • Born — 5 March 1964 • Birthplace — Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. • Religion — Buddhism • School — Soto Zen • Title — Priest • Education — Kent State University • Occupation — Author, blogger, documentarian, musician, Zen teacher • Teacher — Gudō Wafu Nishijima • Website — http: hardcorezen.info/
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Brad Warner, recorded as a musician, “Zen-Lehrer” and “Buddistischer Mönch”, was born in 1964 in Hamilton, Ohio. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Biography
Biography
Brad Warner was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1964. His family traveled for his father's job and Warner spent some time in Nairobi, Kenya, but grew up mainly near Akron, Ohio, and attended Kent State University. As a teenager, Warner got into the music of the 1980s and hardcore punk, and a friend of his took him to a show by Zero Defex. He auditioned for and joined the band after finding out they needed a bass guitarist. He agreed to write articles for SuicideGirls, an online soft porn site, but stopped after a few years. Warner has played with Dimentia 13. After the financial failure of his Dimentia 13 albums, Warner got a job in Japan with the JET Programme, and then later in 1994 with Tsuburaya Productions, the company behind Ultraman. Warner played the roles of various foreigners in their programs. In 2007 he directed the documentary film Cleveland’s Screaming, which depicts the punk rock scene in Akron and Cleveland in the 1980s.
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Zen Buddhism
Warner began practicing Zen Buddhism under his first teacher, Tim McCarthy. Warner later studied with Gyomay Kubose. While in Japan, he met and trained with Gudō Wafu Nishijima, a student of Rempo Niwa Zenji, who ordained him as a priest and named him as his dharma heir in 2000. In 2007, Gudo Wafu Nishijima named Warner the leader of Dogen Sangha International which Nishijima had founded. Warner dissolved the organization in April 2012. In 2012, Warner moved to California and started Dogen Sangha Los Angeles. In 2013, Pirooz Kalayeh directed a film about Warner entitled Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen The film premiered on October 5, 2013 in Amsterdam at the Buddhist Film Festival of Europe.
Discography
• Compilations * * * * • Dimentia 13 * * * * * • Guest appearances * • 0DFx • (1982 demo reissue) • (1982 demo and 1983 debut, 2 CD) • (1983 debut reissue) • (New recordings 2007/2008)
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- 1.Brad Warner Articles. Lion’s Roar.
- 2.Warner, Brad. Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye. New World Library. 248. 2007. 978-1-57731-559-9.
- 3.Walters, Sarah. Zen and the art of punk rock . . . Manchester Evening News. November 18, 2011.
- 4.New World Library. Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye. 254. 2007. 978-1-57731-559-9.
- 5."'Question of Authority' ...?" Interviewed by Gary Gach in The Buddhist Channel, Sep. 6, 2007
- 6.Hynes, Mary. Interview with Brad Warner. Tapestry. 2007-08-14.
- 7.Brad Warner's articles for Suicide Girls
- 8.Distrify Dead link. Cleveland's Screaming!. September 2018.
- 9.Tone, Joe. Cleveland's Screaming: New Doc Looks at 80s Punk Scenes. Cleveland Scene. October 3, 2007.
- 10.Sex, Sin & Zen: Brad Warner and the Lust for Enlightenment. The Huffington Post.
- 11.Clarke, Liam. Meet Brad, the bad boy of Zen Buddhism. Belfast Telegraph. June 15, 2010.
- 12.Brad Warner: 07-10-2013: There Is No God and He Is Always With You - Upaya Zen Center. Upaya Zen Center. 2013-07-15.
- 13.Hardcore Zen (Interview). Here and Now. 2003-09-26.
- 14.Hardcorezen.blogspot.com. Dogen Sangha International is No More.
- 15.Hardcorezen.blogspot.com. Dogen Sangha International Post Mortem.
- 16.Hardcorezen. Going to California. April 28, 2012.
- 17.Hardcorezen. I Love L.A. July 6, 2012.
- 18.Dogen Sangha Los Angeles.
- 19.Hardcorezen. Hardcore Zen: The Movie.
- 20.Quinn, Megan. Zen's bad boy Brad Warner translates to film. Daily Camera. January 11, 2014.
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