Charlotte Joko Beck is one of the most popular Zen teachers currently teaching in the West.
Charlotte Joko Beck is one of the most popular Zen teachers currently teaching in the West.
This beautifully written book is a Zen guide to the problems of daily living, love, relationships, work, fear and suffering. Beck describes how to be in the present and living each moment to the full.
`Deals with the most important spiritual practice of all - how we can live awakened in our daily life.'
Jack Kornfield
Charlotte Joko Beck was born in New Jersey and brought up a family of 4 children. In her forties she began the practice of Zen with Maezumi Roshi and Soen Roshi. Joko was eventually designated as Maezumi Roshi's third Dharma heir and now lives and teaches in the San Diego Zen Centre.