{"product_id":"what-the-ancestors-knew-joanne-p-miller-9781666784732","title":"What the Ancestors Knew: Reclaiming Faith in Western Zen Practice","description":"This book is intended to engender debate. Its subject, faith in a modern Buddhist context, almost always carries with it the widespread but erroneous assumption that it is completely unimportant to the Buddhist path. Without really knowing what it is and how it differs from theistic versions, faith has been given a bad name. Moreover, naivety regarding the colonial orientalist agenda and bias of early Zen exegetes in the West has allowed modern Zennists to accept, almost unquestioningly, the view that faith and knowledge occupy opposite ends of the practice spectrum. As a result, trusted and authentic sources of authority, Zen ancestors and sutras, have often been prevented from speaking about a doctrinally sound and legitimate tool of realization mentioned in a stunningly large amount of sutras. It has also resulted in an erroneous and often condescending view of \"faith schools\" of Buddhism. Now is the perfect time in Zen's journey in the West to reassess and address these shortcomings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne P. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666784737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666784732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Resource Publications (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Joanne P. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47135399149823,"sku":"9781666784732","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9516897b-4c5d-4f50-ba40-5cfb83aa032b.jpg?v=1755010030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-the-ancestors-knew-joanne-p-miller-9781666784732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}