The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan by Ford, James Ishmael
The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan by Ford, James Ishmael

The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan

The word "mu" is one ancient Zen teacher's response to the earnest question of whether even a...
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The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan by Ford, James Ishmael

The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan

$42.19
The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan by Ford, James Ishmael

The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan

$42.19
Author: James Ishmael Ford
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
The word "mu" is one ancient Zen teacher's response to the earnest question of whether even a dog has "buddha nature." Discovering for ourselves the meaning of the master's response is the urgent work of each of us who yearns to be free and at peace. "Practicing Mu" is synonymous with practicing Zen, "sitting with Mu" is an apt description for all Zen meditation, and it is said that all the thousands and thousands of koans in the Zen tradition are just further elaborations of Mu.

This watershed volume brings together over forty teachers, ancient and modern masters from across centuries and schools, to illuminate and clarify the essential matter: the question of how to be most truly ourselves.

Includes writings from: Dogen, Hakuin, Dahui, Thich Thien-An Zenkei Shibayama, Seung Sahn, Taizan Maezumi, Sheng Yen Philip Kapleau, Robert Aitken, Jan Chozen Bays, Shodo Harada Grace Schireson, John Daido Loori, John Tarrant Barry Magid, Joan Sutherland, and many more

Author: James Ishmael Ford
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 05/01/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780861716432

About the Author
James Ishmael Ford is a senior guiding teacher of Boundless Way Zen. James has been a student of Zen Buddhism for over forty years. He is also a senior Unitarian Universalist minister serving at the First Unitarian Church of Providence and a member of both the American Zen Teachers Association and the Soto Zen Buddhist Association. He lives outside Providence.

Melissa Myozen Blacker, Roshi, is a Zen teacher and the abbot of Boundless Way Zen, a school of Zen Buddhism with practice centers throughout New England. She is one of the resident teachers at Boundless Way Zen Temple in Worcester. From 1993 to 2012, Melissa was on the staff of the Center for Mindfulness (CFM), founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Her positions at the CFM included Director of professional training programs and senior teacher and Associate Director of the Stress Reduction Clinic. In addition to Zen teaching and writing, Melissa also offers private meditation consulting and spiritual direction. She is co-editor of The Book of MU, published by Wisdom Publications in April of 2011. Her chapter from The Book of MU was included in Best Buddhist Writing, 2012, edited by Melvin MacLeod and published by Shambhala Publications.
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