If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break: Field Notes from a Zen Life

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If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break: Field Notes from a Zen Life

Written by James Ishmael Ford
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The book has a casually warm and friendly tone that will appeal to wide variety of readers.Drawing on sources as diverse as the Bible and comedian Emo Phillips, Ford reflects on his more than four decades walking the Path—and the Big Questions asked and answered (in his words: “sort of”). He examines the nature of Awakening and what it means to work toward it—helping us see, in the words of one chapter title, “Some of What Zen Practice Is, and a Little of What It Isn’t”; he offers a wise perspective on the nature of spiritual directors and enormously helpful counsel on “What to Look for When Looking for a Teacher”; and give us a seasoned look at the core practices of Zen (shikantaza and koan study) within the key principles of not knowing and “sitting down, shutting up, and paying attention.”This book explores the always fascinating issues of karma and rebirth from the deconstructing perspective of Zen—in a way that will find resonance with both conservatives and the vast audience of Stephen Batchelor’s Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist.And perhaps most significantly, the last section of the book takes a fresh and nuanced look at the Buddhist Ethical Precepts—which Ford frames as “Seven Suggestions.” There are comparatively few books on this topic, and this one will find wide audience both within the Zen world and beyond.

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Pages 196
Language En-US
Publisher Wisdom Publications
Published September 1, 2012
ISBN 13576271
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After spending years working in the corporate world, James Ishmael Ford finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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