Travis Eneix

I recently came to terms with two facts in my life:

1. I read a lot and really, really, really have been wanting to write book reviews for my blog for YEARS now.
2. I HATE writing book reviews.

What you see above is my solution.  I have officially joined the world of video bloggers thanks to my 3Gs iPhone and YouTube. I hope you enjoy it (and I hope I leanr how to make them better as I go along. )

Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about Reality by Brad Warner:

I outlined the heck out of this book.  Lots of good stuff in it.  Here are some quotes I found particularly yummy:

• “… if words are true, who cares whether the guy who wrote them has Shiho (a term for transmission in Zen – ed.) or Divine Inspiration or the power to fly faster than a speeding bullet?”
• “Nothing can be separated from everything else.”
• “If the meaning of life, the universe, and everything could be put into a few definitive words that everyone on Earth could agree upon now and for all time, someone probably woulda figured them out and written them down. But, even if they did, it would still be someone else’s truth – not yours.”
• “Emptiness is that condition which is free from our conceptions and perceptions.”
• “The universe desires to perceive itself and to think about itself and you are born out of this desire.”

He also has a chapter with an awesome translation of The Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra and his very excellent commentary.

All in all, as I said in the vid, highly recommended stuff.

Let me know what you think of the vid in the comments and how I can improve them going forward. Thanks!

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