Brad Warner
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Biography
Brad Warner was born in Hamilton, Ohio,[3] in 1964. His family traveled for his father's job and Warner spent some time in Nairobi, Kenya,[4] but grew up mainly near Akron, Ohio,[5] and attended Kent State University. As a teenager Warner got into the music of the 1980s and hardcore punk,[6] and a friend of his took him to a show by Zero Defex. He auditioned for and joined the band[7] after finding out they needed a bass guitarist. He agreed to write articles for SuicideGirls, an online soft porn site but stopped after a few years.[8]
Warner has played with Dimentia 13. After the financial failure of his Dimentia 13 albums, Warner got a job in Japan with the JET Programme, and then later in 1994 with Tsuburaya Productions, the company behind Ultraman.[6] Warner played the roles of various foreigners in their programs.
In 2007 he directed the documentary film Cleveland’s Screaming, which depicts the punk rock scene in Akron and Cleveland in the 1980s.[9][10]
In 2008 Warner lost his job with the Japanese company he had been working for in the States and as of January 2009 he was self-employed.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Zen Buddhism
Warner began practicing Zen Buddhism under his first teacher, Tim McCarthy.[5][11] Warner later studied with Gyomay Kubose.[6] While in Japan, he met and trained with Gudo Wafu Nishijima, a student of Rempo Niwa Zenji, who ordained him as a priest and named him as his dharma heir in 2000.[11][12][13]
In 2007, Gudo Wafu Nishijima named Warner the leader of Dogen Sangha International which Nishijima had founded.[11][14] Warner dissolved the organization in April 2012.[15][16]
In 2012, Warner moved to California[17][18] and started Dogen Sangha Los Angeles.[19]
In 2013, Pirooz Kalayeh directed a film about Warner entitled Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen[20][21] The film premiered on October 5, 2013 in Amsterdam at the Buddhist Film Festival of Europe.[20]
Bibliography
Fiction
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Discography
- Compilations
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- Guest appearances
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- 0DFx
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See also
References
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Further reading
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- Dogen Sangha Los Angeles
- Brad Warner's articles for Suicide Girls
- Dimentia 13 on the Midnight Records website
- Audio Interview SeriesScript error: No such module "Unsubst". on Buddhist Geeks
- Brad Warner's articles for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
- Daily Practice: How to Get on the Cushion Every Day a Tricycle Dharma Talk (2014)
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- American Buddhist monks
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- American Zen Buddhist spiritual teachers
- Kent State University alumni
- Musicians from Akron, Ohio
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- Soto Zen Buddhists
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