This week Ajayan‘s guest was Brad Warner. Brad is a Zen priest, filmmaker, blogger, and Japanese monster-movie marketer. He’s the author of Hardcore Zen; Sit Down & Shut Up; Sex, Sin & Zen; and most recently, There Is No God and He Is Always with You. listen.
I did not realize that Brad got the title for “There is no God and He is Always with You” from Joshu Sasaki. I bought and read the book (and loved it). But this was before I read some other works by students of Sasaki-roshi (including Shozan Jack Haubner and James Austin) and sat with a former student of Sasaki’s here in North Carolina. Great interview. Good to hear Brad’s voice for the first time after reading all but one (so far) of his books.