ContentsWhat is Zen? 2
Enlightenment of the Wave 3
A Cup of Zen 4
The Outcome of Enlightenment 5
The Staff and Shout of the Venerable Ones Zen Stories 7
Passing on the Mind 8
Seize the Moment 10
Kasyapa and the Flagpole 11
Carrying a Woman across a River 12
The Gates of Heaven 13
The Lamebrain Official 14
If I Don't Go to Hell,Who Will? 15
Black Bamboo,Red Bamboo 16
The Order of Life and Death 17
Vow of Silence 18
Everything Is Empty 19
The Buddha Is in the Home 20
Pointing at the Moon 21
The Lost Student 22
Enlightenment of the Thief 23
Can't Say It 24
The Mute and the Parrot 25
Zen in a Cup 26
Disregarding Titles 27
Self and Other 28
Words Exceeding Actions 30
Sound of the Hollow 31
Fate Is in Your Own Hands 32
The Faster the Slower 34
The General's Antique 35
Giving and Receiving 36
One Who Understands the Music 37
A Blind Man Carrying a Lantern 38
Something Valuable 39
A Blade of Grass,a Drop of Dew 40
For No Reason 41
Past,Present,Future 42
The Great Wave 43
Because I'm Here 46
Matter is Empty 47
The Weeping Lady 48
Mind Like a Mirror 49
Mountain Paths Don't Change 50
Torn 51
Where Do We Go after Death? 52
The Swordless Sword 53
With a Slight Fanning,the Fire Returns 54
The Spider and the Monk 55
Rich and Poor 56
Do Not Grasp Either Extreme 57
Not Changing to Meet the Changes 58
Laughing with Heaven and Earth 60
Zen Can't Be Spoken 61
Clouds in the Blue Sky,Water in a Bottle 62
Snowflakes Fall Where They Should 63
Zhaozhou's Stone Bridge 64
Go Wash Your Bowl 65
What is Self-cultivation? 66
A Cypress Tree Becomes the Buddha 67
The Many Return to One 68
What is Zhaozhou? 69
Zhaozhou Asks the Way to Zhaozhou 70
The Cypress Tree Out Front 71
There is No Substitute 72
Dropping Everything 73
Have Some Tea 74
Xuanjian of Deshan(780～865) 75
Yixuan of Linji;Founder of the Linji School(?～867) 79
Cracking a Whip to Stop the Flow 81
No Crutches,No Desires 82
What Are Life and Death? 83
Juzhi's One Finger Zen 85
Juzhi Severs a Finger 89
Xiangyan Up a Tree 90
Same Destination,Different Paths 91
Six in One 92
Looking but Not Seeing 93
A Mountain in a Mustard Seed 94
Withered Tree Zen 95
Master of Thyself 96
Easier Known Than Done 97
The Ordinary Mind 98
What's Not a Prime Cut? 99
The Sweet Smell of Osmanthus 100
Tall Bamboo,Short Bamboo 101
No Self,No Others 102
I'm Here 103
Jingqing and the Sound of Raindrops 104
Not Recognizing the True Self 105
Returning Emptyhanded 106
Walking in the Rain 107
Being and Nothingness 108
Follow the Flow 109
Difficult to Advance or Retreat 110
No Better Than a Clown 111
Danxia Burns the Buddha 113
Changing With the Surroundings 114
Mind Like the Surroundings 115
Mountain Flowers Blossom Like Brocade 116
What Isn't the Buddha-dharma 117
Grasping Emptiness 118
The Fire God Seeking Fire 119
The Road Begins Here 121
Cold When Cold,Hot When Hot 122
A Nun Becomes a Monk 123
Three Pounds of Flax 124
A Water Buffalo through a Window 126
Being Your Own Master 127
A Morning of the Moon and Wind 128
The Snake's Two Heads 130
Soliloquy of the Frogs 132
The Spider's Silk 134
Rashomon 138