
The Backward Step
Essays on Zen Practice
Ben Howard(Author)
Whitlock Publishing
Published on 15. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
234 pages
978-0-9770956-1-2 (ISBN)
Description
Published originally as biweekly columns, the fifty essays in this collection bring the age-old practice of Zen to bear upon contemporary life. Whether their immediate subject be shoveling snow or baking bread, the "virtues of solitude" or the emotional dimension of social media, these lucid, graceful essays explore the manifold ways by which we might take the "backward step," shifting our orientation from ego-centered thinking to selfless awareness. "Wise and true," writes Roshi Joan Halifax of The Backward Step, "this wonderful book transmits the essence of practice realization."
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9770956-1-2 (9780977095612)
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