James Ishmael Ford: 2 books
If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break
Field Notes from a Zen Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Using vignettes and anecdotes from his own life - as well as quotations drawn from sources as varied as the Bible, Yiddish aphorisms, and stand-up comedy - Zen teacher and Unitarian Universalist minister James Ishmael Ford shares the gifts won over his lifetime of full-hearted engagement with the...
Introduction to Zen Koans
Learning the Language of Dragons
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
An indispensible guide to koans, teaching the reader about the importance of lineage, the practice of “just sitting,” and koan practice as paths to awakening.
“This marvelous book opens the treasure house of Zen and yet, happily, does not dispel its mystery*.* James Ford, an excellent...