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Zen wrapped in karma dipped in chocolate, a trip through death, sex, divorce, and spiritual celebrity in search of the true dharma, Brad Warner

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Zen wrapped in karma dipped in chocolate, a trip through death, sex, divorce, and spiritual celebrity in search of the true dharma, Brad Warner

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Zen wrapped in karma dipped in chocolate

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

777565109

Responsibility statement

Brad Warner

Sub title

a trip through death, sex, divorce, and spiritual celebrity in search of the true dharma

Summary

How does a real-life Zen master? not the preternaturally calm, cartoonish Zen masters depicted by mainstream culture? help others through hard times when he?s dealing with pain of his own? How does he meditate when the world is crumbling around him? Is meditation a valid response or just another form of escapism? These are the questions Brad Warner ponders in Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate. During a year that Warner spent giving talks and leading retreats across North America, his mother and grandmother died, he lost his dream job, and his marriage fell apart. In writing about how he applied the Buddha?s teachings to his own real-life suffering, Warner shatters expectations, revealing that Buddhism isn?t some esoteric pie-in-the-sky ultimate solution but an exceptionally practical way to deal with whatever life dishes out

Table Of Contents

Zen death trip -- Los Angeles -- Dallas to Cincinnati -- Money changes everything -- Does real Buddhism exist in the West? -- Abuse of power in Zen, or what happens when a Zen master sleeps with his students -- My mom is dead (and she's not gonna take it anymore) -- Where do we go when we die? -- I don't know -- Working for weird people -- Goal/no goal -- Meeting three Godzillas in Tokyo -- Working for the Suicide Girls -- Porno Buddhist -- No sin, of how I spent my fourth of July -- Misusing sex -- If you're going to San Francisgo be sure to wear some reality in your hair -- Ozzfest -- Zen in San Quentin -- Canned! -- Ain't got nothin' yet -- Thunder on the prairie -- In which I have to take a pee really bad -- Psycho kitty, qu'est que c'est? -- Altered states in an isolation tank -- Your life is not your own -- Sold! Cheap! -- Retreat! -- Taking and giving the procepts -- Meanwhile, back in Tokyo -- Akron -- Room 666 -- Taking aim -- Meeting death face-to-face -- In which I vow to be an asshole forever -- Doc Martens outside the door -- End

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