James Ishmael Ford
Autor(a) de In This Very Moment: A Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism
About the Author
James Ishmael Ford, a lineage holder in both the Soto and Harada/Yasutani Zen traditions, is the spiritual director for the Zen Community of Boston and the guiding teacher for the Henry Thoreau Zen Sangha. Ford serves as the senior minister of the First Unitarian Society in Newton, Massachusetts
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Obras por James Ishmael Ford
This Very Moment : A Brief Introduction to Buddhism and Zen for Unitarian Universalists (1996) 56 exemplares
This Very Moment 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1948-07-17
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Oakland, California, USA
- Educação
- Sonoma State University (BA|Psychology)
Pacific School of Religion (MDiv) - Ocupações
- minister (Unitarian Universalist)
priest (Zen Buddhism) - Organizações
- First Unitarian Church of Providence
Boundless Way Zen
Membros
Críticas
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 275
- Popularidade
- #84,339
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 10
James Ishmael Ford begins by tracing Zen's history in Asia, looking at some of Zen's most seminal figures--the Sixth Ancestor Huineng, Dogen Zenji (the founder of the Soto Zen school), Hakuin Ekaku (the great reformer of the Rinzai koan way), and many others--and then outlines the state of Zen in North America today. Clear-eyed and even-handed, Ford shows us the history and development of the institution of Zen--both its beauty and its warts.
Ford also outlines the many subtle differences in teachings, training, ordination, and transmission among schools and lineages. This book will aid those looking for a Zen center or a teacher, but who may not know where to start. Suggesting what might be possible, skillful, and fruitful in our communities, it will also be of use to those who lead the Zen centers of today and tomorrow.… (mais)