The Other Side of Nothing: Zen, Psychotherapy, and Living an Ethical Life with Brad Warner

Brad Warner is the author of The Other Side of Nothing and numerous other titles including Letters to a Dead Friend about Zen, Don’t Be a Jerk, and Hardcore Zen. A Soto Zen teacher, he is also a punk bassist, filmmaker, and popular blogger who leads workshops and retreats around the world. In addition to his books, his writing appears in Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and Alternative Press. He also hosts The Hardcore Zen Podcast and talks about Zen almost every day on his YouTube channel. <br /><br />On this episode of the Psychology Talk Podcast, Brad speaks with Dr. Hoye about all, some, or none of the aforementioned things, as well as his new book The Other Side of Nothing: The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being, available from New World Library. <br /><br />Psychology and Buddhism both seek to end suffering and help people grow into happier human beings. Mindfulness has been an absorbed in psychotherapy, lots of studies showing long term, and even short-term practice increase brain functioning and focus, reduce anxiety and depression. But the soul/philosophy of Buddhism has been taken from it. Studies point to the incorporation of those principles into a person’s practice increases the efficacy of the “results orientation’ that psychotherapy is all giddy about. We tackle this and much, much more on this enlightening episode, including:<br /><br />Materialism & Idealism<br /><br />Zen Ethics<br /><br />Brad’s mentore Nishijima Roshi<br /><br />Stoicism/Existentalism/Zen? <br /><br />Doing the right thing without belief<br /><br />Brad’s Youtube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hardcorezen" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/hardcorezen</a><br /><br />Brad’s Blog: <a href="http://hardcorezen.info" rel="noopener">http://hardcorezen.info</a><br /><br />The Book, The Other Side of Nothing:<br /> <a href="https://www.newworldlibrary.com/Religion/THE-OTHER-SIDE-OF-NOTHING" rel="noopener">https://www.newworldlibrary.com/Religion/THE-OTHER-SIDE-OF-NOTHING</a><br /><br />The Psychology Talk Podc