How making a vow-consciously setting an intention-can be a powerful tool for achieving all sort of goals, from the author of the best-selling Mindful Eating.
JAN CHOZEN BAYS, MD, is a Zen master in the White Plum lineage of the late master Taizan Maezumi Roshi. She serves as a priest and teacher at the Jizo Mountain-Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, Oregon. She is also a pediatrician who specializes in the evaluation of children for abuse and neglect.
"A vow is a pledge or promise to bring direction and intention into
our lives. Yet, how are we to discover the distinctive direction
and purpose of our lives? How do we sort the trivial from the vital
and essential? As a physician and Zen teacher—a healer of both the
body and soul—Jan Bays offers deep insight for discovering the true
gifts we want to bring to our unique life. This gem of a book
awakens our capacity for vow-empowered living."—Duane Elgin, author
of Voluntary Simplicity
“Our intentions count for so much more than we usually think. Roshi
Chozen Bays, a physician of the heart, describes how we can ground
our highest aspirations within our lived lives with grace and
beauty. If you're looking for a guide through the confusions of
life, The Vow-Powered Life is a very good place to start.”—James
Ishmael Ford, author of If You’re Lucky, Your Heart Will Break:
Field Notes from a Zen Life
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