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| | | Acknowledgments | XI |
| | | Introduction | 1 |
| | Part 1 | Zen Experience | |
| | Chapter 1 | The First Step | 9 |
| | | Difficulty at the Beginning | 9 |
| | | Just Sitting Facing the Wall | 10 |
| | | The Zen Monk Arrives | 15 |
| | | My First Zen Retreat | 20 |
| | Chapter 2 | Baby Zendo and Sochu Roshi | 33 |
| | Chapter 3 | Infinite Steps | 49 |
| | | "Life Is a Marathon" | 49 |
| | | The Science of the Soul | 53 |
| | | Last Stop, First Step | 60 |
| | | The Investigation | 62 |
| | Part 2 | Christian Meditation in the Light of Zen | |
| | Chapter 4 | The Story of Christian Meditation | 71 |
| | | The Background | 71 |
| | | The Buddha Was a Christian Saint, but Was Christ a Buddhist Sage? | 72 |
| | | Did Jesus Christ Meditate? | 77 |
| | | Jesus Christ, Teacher of Meditation | 78 |
| | | Pure Mind | 82 |
| | | The Kingdom of Heaven | 83 |
| | Chapter 5 | The Immediate Sequel | 89 |
| | | From the First Christian Communities to the Desert Fathers | 89 |
| | | The Righteous Men and Anthony of the Desert | 91 |
| | Chapter 6 | The Line of Christian Spiritual Masters | 95 |
| | | The Investigation Continued | 95 |
| | | From the Third to the Seventh Centuries: The Desert Fathers | 98 |
| | | From the Orthodox Monks and Cassian to the Fourteenth Century | 104 |
| | | From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day in the Eastern Orthodox Branch of Christianity | 114 |
| | | In the West, from Cassian to the Present Day | 115 |
| | | A Break in the Chain of Christian Transmission | 120 |
| | Part 3 | Christian Zen Practice | |
| | Chapter 7 | Christian Zen Practice | 129 |
| | | The Still Body Stills the Mind | 133 |
| | | Dissolving the Mind into the Breath | 136 |
| | | Suitable Circumstances | 140 |
| | Chapter 8 | What Comes Next? | 143 |
| | | Recommended Reading List | 147 |
| | | About the Author | 155 |
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