Brad Warner didn’t expect his whole life to change when he randomly signed up for a class in Zen Buddhism as a young punk rocker in Akron, Ohio, in the late 1980s, but it did. Now some 30 years later, he’s an ordained Soto-Zen priest and best-selling author who is celebrated for his hilarious, edgy approach to Zen. In this fascinating interview, he explains how the practice of intentionally sitting down and shutting up every day has the potential to improve not only our individual lives, but the world around us as well.