Foreword…7
Preface…11
Introduction: Inadvertent Refuge…15
ASIAN OUTPOSTS …31
In Silence: Walking Meditation…33
1. Monks, Meditation…37
2. Lotuses in the River Jordan…49
3. Samsara and Nirvana…63
4. Kissing a Weeping Willow…81
THE LAST RESORT …93
In Silence: Sitting Meditation…95
5. A Path in the Wilderness…97
6. Meeting the Teacher…111
7. In the Sauna…121
8. Wash Dishes, Ring Bells…129
9. Who Are the Sentient Beings We Vow to Save?…141
10. Fear…153
11. The Fifth Hindrance…165
12. Before the Beginning of Beginningless Time…175
SETTLING…183
In Silence: Working Meditation…185
13. Empty Cushion…189
14. Dharma, Karma, and Letting Go…209
15. A Yellow Lifejacket…221
16. The Good Meditator…233
Epilogue: Willingness…247
In Silence: Practice…249