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Warner, Brad. Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about Reality.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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| September 01, 2003 | Sawyers, June | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Library Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sept. 2003. 224p. Wisdom, paper, $14.95 (0-86171-380-X). 294.3.

The last thing Buddha reportedly told his followers was to question authority, which is something Warner, as bass player in an Ohio hardcore band and later a toiler on Japanese B-movies, could relate to. Oh, he studied with a Zen master in Japan, too, but pretty obviously, he isn't your typical Buddhist priest, and Hardcore Zen isn't your typical Buddhist book. Warner brings the same tough, skeptical attitude to Zen that he brought to punk rock. He asserts that nothing is ...

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