{"product_id":"the-backward-step-ben-howard-9780977095612","title":"The Backward Step: Essays on Zen Practice","description":"Published originally as biweekly columns, the fifty essays in this collection bring the age-old practice of Zen to bear upon contemporary life. Whether their immediate subject be shoveling snow or baking bread, the \"virtues of solitude\" or the emotional dimension of social media, these lucid, graceful essays explore the manifold ways by which we might take the \"backward step,\" shifting our orientation from ego-centered thinking to selfless awareness. \"Wise and true,\" writes Roshi Joan Halifax of The Backward Step, \"this wonderful book transmits the essence of practice realization.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0977095614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780977095612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitlock Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d","brand":"Ben Howard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947526291711,"sku":"9780977095612","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_178d2c2e-9d1f-4e5a-b07c-0c6f7ed53e5a.jpg?v=1681519225","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-backward-step-ben-howard-9780977095612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}