{"product_id":"9781896559179","title":"Walk Like a Mountain: The Handbook of Buddhist Walking Practice","description":"WALK LIKE A MOUNTAIN is the definitive guide to walking as Buddhist practice, not just for the serious practitioner but for anyone who wants to bring more contemplative depth to their everyday walks. From kinhin during zazen sessions to pilgrimage and beyond, this handbook offers the \"how-to\" with clarity and insight. Posture, hand positions and foot mechanics are merely the beginning. Other topics that are addressed in this comprehensive book include:\u003cbr\u003e Preparations and aids  Prayer walking  Purification and dedication  Kaihogyo (marathon contemplative walking)  Leading a walking practice  Walking for change  Walking as daily life  Walking the symbolic landscape  Alms rounds  Mandalas  Circumambulation  Labyrinths  Walking Nembutsu  Alternatives in contemplative walking.\u003cp\u003eInnen Ray Parchelo has studied, taught and practiced Buddhism for more than 40 years and acts as both the Priest to the Red Maple Sangha and Director of Tendai Canada. He began his formal dharma practice in 1974 and has been a member of several Buddhist centres, first taking refuge in 1994. In 2008, he renewed his refuge- vows as a student of Ven. Monshin Paul Naamon, and, in\u003cbr\u003e2010, was ordained a Tendai priest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInnen is has lived and worked as a clinical social worker in the Ottawa Valley since 1975. He regularly uses walking and mindfulness techniques in a social work setting. He has degrees in Comparative Religion and Social Work and has published general and scholarly articles on dharma and social work topics and is a popular conference speaker. He is the regular Buddhist contributor to the Ottawa Citizen's \"Ask the Religion Experts\" column. He and his wife, Judy, live with their three dogs in a old log schoolhouse, near Renfrew, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sumeru Press Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043649274096,"sku":"9781896559179","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781896559179_p0.jpg?v=1763610779","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781896559179","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}