{"product_id":"zen-master-who-a-guide-to-the-people-and-stories-of-zen-9780861715091","title":"Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen","description":"\u003ci\u003eZen Master Who?\u003c\/i\u003e is the first-ever book to provide a history of Zen's arrival in North America, surveying the shifts and challenges to Zen as it finds its Western home. With the exception of parts of Rick Field's \u003ci\u003eHow the Swans Came to the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, there has been no previous attempt to write this chronicle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFord 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780861715091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/2006 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James Ishmael Ford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44776005271733,"sku":"9780861715091","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_eefd00d1-7970-4f83-8ed6-b03781384834.jpg?v=1730821652","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/zen-master-who-a-guide-to-the-people-and-stories-of-zen-9780861715091","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}