Zen teacher/author Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen, Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen, Don't Be a Jerk, Sit Down and Shut Up, and many more books about Zen, shares his thoughts about Zen and other stuff.

Making Effort in Meditation

Stages of Enlightenment

Do we do zazen in order to have a kensho or "enlightenment experience"?

Is ENLIGHTENMENT the Point of Zen?

If Zazen is good for nothing, why do it at all?

What is Zazen Supposed to Do?

The Elimination of Suffering

Is Zen a Form of Buddhism?

Meditation and Pain

The Precepts say we shouldn't criticize other Buddhists. Why does Dogen do it all the time? Why do I?

Don't Criticize Buddhists!

Does Everyone Experience Karma the Same Way?

Shohaku Okumura has an interesting explanation of Dogen's essay on pain.