Introduction:A CHRISTIAN LOOKS AT ZEN By Thomas Merton 1
Chapter Ⅰ.ZEN:ITS ORIGIN AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE 30
Chapter Ⅱ.BODHIDHARMA AND HIS IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS 45
Chapter Ⅲ.HUI-NENG THE SIXTH PATRIARCH 56
Chapter Ⅳ.HUI-NENG'S FUNDAMENTAL INSIGHTS 75
Chapter Ⅴ.MA-TSU TAO-I 91
Chapter Ⅵ.PAI-CHANG AND HUANG-PO 109
Chapter Ⅶ.CHAO-CHOU TS'UNG-SHEN 126
Chapter Ⅷ.OUTSTANDING MASTERS IN THE LINEAGE OF SHIH-T'OU 147
Chapter Ⅸ.KUEI-SHAN LING-YU:FOUNDER OF THE KUEI-YANG HOUSE 159
Chapter Ⅹ.TUNG-SHAN LIANG-CHIEH:FOUNDER OF THE T'SAO-TUNG HOUSE 171
Chapter Ⅺ.LIN-CHI I-HSUAN:FOUNDER OF THE LIN-CHI HOUSE 191
Chapter Ⅻ.Y？N-MEN WEN-YEN:FOUNDER OF THE Y？N-MEN HOUSE 212
Chapter ⅩⅢ.FA-YEN WEN-I:FOUNDER OF THE FA-YEN HOUSE 229
Chapter ⅩⅣ.EPILOGUE:LITTLE SPARKS OF ZEN 246
Notes 298
Index 325