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Buddhism and psychedelic exploration share a common concern: the liberation of the mind. This new edition of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics has substantially evolved from the landmark anthology that launched the first serious inquiry into the moral, ethical, doctrinal, and transcendental considerations of the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics. A provocative and thoughtful exploration of inner states and personal transformation, Zig Zag Zen now includes an expanded display of stunning artwork from Android Jones, Sukhi Barber, Randal Roberts, Luke Brown and Ang Tsherin Sherpa, and more work by the pioneering visionary artist Alex Grey. Complementing these new images are original essays by such luminaries as Ralph Metzner and Brad Warner; exciting interviews with James Fadiman, Kokyo Henkel, and Rick Doblin; and a discussion of ayahuasca's unique influence on Zen Buddhism by David Coyote (six new text contributions in total); all of which have been carefully curated to extend the original inquiry of authors Joan Halifax Roshi, Peter Matthiesen, Jack Kornfield, Terence McKenna, Rick Fields and many others. Contemporary seekers of spiritual truth know that both Buddhism and psychedelics are inevitably subjects encountered along the journey. By examining them together, the reader can discover truth about the essence of each.
Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (New Edition)From Badiner, Allan (EDT)/ Grey, Alex (EDT)/ Smith, Huston (FRW)/ Batchelor, Stephen (FRW) - Amazon Sales Rank: #453533 in Books
- Brand: Badiner, Allan (EDT)/ Grey, Alex (EDT)/ Smith, Huston (FRW)/ Batchelor, Stephen (FRW)
- Published on: 2015-05-05
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Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (New Edition)From Badiner, Allan (EDT)/ Grey, Alex (EDT)/ Smith, Huston (FRW)/ Batchelor, Stephen (FRW) Amazon.com Review The use of psychedelic drugs is that dark little secret behind the popular origins of Eastern spirituality in America, but if they really open the mind in the same ways meditative experiences do, why shouldn't they be legitimated and brought out into the open? In Allan Hunt Badiner and Alex Grey's Zig Zag Zen authors, artists, priests, and scientists are brought together to discuss this question. Opinions fall on all sides. Ram Dass, for instance, discusses the benefits as well as the limitations. Rick Strassman outlines his work in the first federally funded psychedelic study in two-and-a-half decades. Rick Fields sets the historical scene. China Galland offers a wrenching personal experience. Robert Jesse introduces the varieties of entheogens, drugs that engender mystical states. Lama Surya Das tells of his early drug years. And a roundtable discussion with Ram Dass, Robert Aitken, Richard Baker, and Joan Halifax caps it all.
Interspersed throughout are stunning full-page, full-color images of spiritual art by the likes of Robert Beer, Bernard Maisner, and, of course, Alex Gray. A fascinating look at a complex topic, Zig Zag Zen is worth appreciating and pondering. --Brian Bruya
Review Zig Zag Zen is a treasure trove--inspiritng, frightening, powerful, funny, eye-opeing, and a source of great wisdom on a subject that our society finds endlessly confusing. --Mark Epstein, M.D., author of Thoughts Without a Thinker, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart, and Going on BeingZig Zag Zen shines by its fairness: its authors squarely face the Zig as well as the Zag. That's Zen at its best. --David Steindl-Rast, OSB, author of Gratefulness: The Heart of PrayerZig Zag Zen is a must read for anyone who is concerned about the future of Buddhist practice. --Tenzin Bob Thurman, chair of Indo-Tibetan studies at Columbia University
About the Author Allan Badiner served as the editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (Chronicle Books, 2002), as well as two other books of collected essays, Dharma Gaia: A Harvest in Buddhism and Ecology (Parallax Press, 19901) and Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism (Parallax, 2002). Allan is a contributing editor of Tricycle Magazine, and serves on the board of directors of Rainforest Action Network, Threshold Foundation and Project CBD. He has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh for more than 25 years.Alex Grey is a renowned American artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic (visionary) art. His work spans a variety of forms including performance art, sculpture and painting. He is a member of the Integral Institute, on the board of advisors for the Center of Cognitive Liberty and Ethics and is Chair of Wisdom University's Sacred Art Department. He and his wife Allyson Grey are co-founders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM, a non-profit church supporting Visionary Culture in Wappinger, New York.
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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful. The Elephant in the Room By Luminous Numinous It's the elephant in the room. Everyone knows it's there, but few feel comfortable talking about it. It's the relationship between Buddhism and Psychedelic drugs in the West. Zen centers, sanghas, and meditation retreats are littered with former (and current) psychonauts and trippers. You can take one of three tenable stances on the issue: 1.) Psychedelics are intoxicants and are, therefore, antithetical to true Buddhist practice OR; 2.) Psychedelics are not intoxicants at all, but are powerful sacraments that have had an undeniable historical influence on Tantra, Vedanta Hinduism, and Vajrayana Buddhism OR; 3.) you can take the middle path, acknowledging that psychedelics are powerful, but also admitting that they can be dangerous, for they are full of "raja", full of fire that can transform but that can also consume.One of these three views holds the truth. Psychedelics are tools that help Buddhist practice, they are hindrances that obstruct Buddhist practice, OR psychedelics are value-neutral, possessing the power to help or harm depending on context. But anyway you cut it, psychedelics are hardly IRRELEVANT to Buddhist practice. The position that they are is untenable and, frankly, provincial.Why are there so many psychedelic Buddhists and so many Buddhist psychonauts? What do psychedelics and Buddhism have to do with one another? Both psychedelic exploration and Buddhism center around the quest for non-ordinary states of consciousness--states of profound unity, where the subject-object dichotomy--the boundary demarcating self and cosmos dissolves. That's not to say that Buddhism and psychedelics are the same. As Terrence McKenna says in his part of the book, "Buddhism is a theory out of which a practice can be teased; Psychedelics are a practice out of which a theory can be teased.There are those who believe that psychedelics can never produce the same experiences as Buddhist practice. There are those who think that psychedelics provide a much richer and more immediate experience than sitting on a mat and counting the breath could ever hope to. And there are, again, those who think that the advantages and disadvantages of mixing psychedelics and Buddhism need to be weighed on a case by case basis. You'll find all the arguments here in "Zig Zag Zen." Alex Grey is careful to provide as many perspectives as possible. You'll hear from Robert Thurman, the chair of Buddhist Studies at Columbia. You'll hear from Rick Strassman M.D. and from the mystical shaman McKenna, of course. Don't make up your mind until you've carefully considered them all. An open mind is an essential tool on the path to enlightenment.In this particular work, Grey doesn't take a stance on whether drugs can or cannot help you achieve liberation (although if you've ever seen his paintings, it's pretty clear that he has a penchant for tryptamines). Grey's position is that you ought to figure out such matters for yourself. Those who say this book has nothing to do with Buddhism are short-sighted. It has EVERYTHING to do with Buddhism. Buddhism, a religion stripped of metaphysics, is a do-it-yourself theology. No God is posited. No savior has been sent to save you. The Buddha can perhaps show you the way, but as Herman Hesse's epicly brilliant Siddharthaillustrates, it is up to you to follow your own path. "None but ourselves can free our minds."That's what the zig zag means in "Zig Zag Zen." You've got to "roll your own." If you meet the Buddha on the road...kick his ass and take his lunch money.Alex Grey is an as of yet undiscovered national gem. People are going to be marveling at his artwork and contemplating his philosophical musings for millenia to come. I believe, in the end, that Grey's contributions to the Perrenial Philosophy and to the ontology of art will be as historically significant as his contributions painting. Showing people the subtle energies and subtle bodies that make up the self, illustrating the soul that arises just as assuredly from mind as mind does from life and life does from matter, Grey is one of the most convincing advocates for the existence of Spirit in these troubled and turbulent times. He may just be the brightest guy on the planet.Buy the book!
64 of 77 people found the following review helpful. web of mind By Brian Wallace (Co-author of It's Not Your Hair) a beautifully designed and arranged collection of articles that expose the intelligent and creative uses of psychoactive chemicals.While the "spiritual purists" may balk at the contention that chemicals seriously open up levels of consciousness and awareness, one comes away with deeper appreciation of various traditional methods of enlightenment (with and without chemicals).This work effectively counteracts the anti-drug propaganda that has shamefully denigrated certainly respectable uses of treasured substances.Zig Zag Zen does the universe proud.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Lucid and insightful By Bud Valley This book is one of the most comprehensive and lucid treatments of the topic of Buddhism and psychedelics. I came away from it with a much better understanding of how the two might be reconciled in the context of a "serious" spiritual practice. What struck me most was the extreme lucidity and potency of each of the essays. There were a few I skipped over, but for the most part I was very impressed with the eloquence and insight offered by each contributor. If you are at all interested in Buddhism, psychedelics, or both, this book is great food for thought. Highly recommended.
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