13 Oct 2026 · 15 minNew
Faith and Doubt
My first Zen teacher said you need an equal amount of faith and doubt to practice and study Zen.
Podcast · Devotional & Spiritual
Hardcore Zen
by hardcorezen · English · Devotional & Spiritual
Zen teacher/author Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen, The Other Side of Nothing, Don't Be a Jerk, Sit Down and Shut Up, and many more books about Zen, shares his thoughts about Zen and other stuff.
- New episodes
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 23 min
- Latest
- 13 Oct 2026
- Language
- English
Latest episode
Earlier episodes 29 most recent
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E170 · 23 Sep 2026 · 18 min
How to Get Results from Meditation
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E169 · 17 Sep 2026 · 25 min
Suffering Never Goes Away But That's All Right
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E166 · 1 Sep 2026 · 21 min
I Am Not Very "Zen"
The Urban Dictionary defines Zen as being chill and laidback. I am not that! Is that a problem in practicing actual Zen?
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E165 · 25 Aug 2026 · 20 min
Zen & The Four Noble Truths
What does Zen say about the Four Noble Truths?
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E164 · 18 Aug 2026 · 21 min
Why Does Zen Care So Much About Ethics?
I'm not sure I can answer this one. But I tried!
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E161 · 11 Aug 2026 · 16 min
When a Dharma Talk is Not a Dharma Talk
What should you do when you go to a Dharma Talk and they talk about something else instead?
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E162 · 28 Jul 2026 · 28 min
Nobody Knows Anything (My Cancer Story)
Well... some people know some things. But, really, nobody knows anything.
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E160 · 21 Jul 2026 · 27 min
Why Does Meditation Take So Long?
How come I can't get instant enlightenment?
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E157 · 8 Jul 2026 · 23 min
There Are No Zen Teachers
Then how come there are so many people teaching Zen?
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E156 · 30 Jun 2026 · 21 min
Is Life a Kind of Dream?
Dogen says, “It may be that the state in a dream and the state in waking consciousness are equally real.” Why?
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E155 · 23 Jun 2026 · 20 min
What Are You Gonna Do With Enlightenment?
Maybe it'll make you rich and famous!
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E154 · 17 Jun 2026 · 22 min
The Dharma of Disclosure Day
What would Buddhists think if the truth about aliens were revealed?
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E151 · 26 May 2026 · 23 min
Is ENLIGHTENMENT the Point of Zen?
Do we do zazen in order to have a kensho or "enlightenment experience"?
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E150 · 19 May 2026 · 24 min
What is Zazen Supposed to Do?
If Zazen is good for nothing, why do it at all?
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E146 · 22 Apr 2026 · 23 min
Don't Criticize Buddhists!
The Precepts say we shouldn't criticize other Buddhists. Why does Dogen do it all the time? Why do I?
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E145 · 15 Apr 2026 · 18 min
Does Everyone Experience Karma the Same Way?
...or is it different for some people?
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E144 · 7 Apr 2026 · 23 min
Sometimes Pain is Bad
Shohaku Okumura has an interesting explanation of Dogen's essay on pain.
About Hardcore Zen
Zen teacher/author Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen, The Other Side of Nothing, Don't Be a Jerk, Sit Down and Shut Up, and many more books about Zen, shares his thoughts about Zen and other stuff.
Hardcore Zen is a English devotional & spiritual podcast from hardcorezen. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.
- Publisher
- hardcorezen
- Language
- English
- Category
- Devotional & Spiritual
- New episodes
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 23 min
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
- Feed
- RSS — paste into any podcast app
- Apple Podcasts
- podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1485474473
- Rights
- Copyright 2019 All rights reserved.
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