Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 11
Chapter 1 From Daruma to Gunin 17
Chapter 2 The Sixth Patriarch and His Disciples 37
Chapter 3 The Nangaku Branch and the Igyō School 61
Chapter 4 The Rinzai School 87
Chapter 5 The Oryū and Yōgi Sects 109
Chapter 6 The Seigen Branch 128
Chapter 7 TheSōtō School 150
Chapter 8 The Ummon School and the Hōgen School 178
Chapter 9 The Rinzai School in Japan—Eisai 203
Chapter 10 The Era of Five Mountains 213
Chapter 11 The Era of Daio,Daitō,and Kanzan 227
Chapter 12 Hakuin Ekaku and His Disciples 248
Chapter 13 The ōbaku School in Japan—Ingen 278
Chapter 14 TheSōtō School in Japan—Dōge 294
Chapter 15 Keizan and His Disciples 312
Chapter 16 Shinetsu Kōchū and Forty-Six Sects 349
Bibliography 358
List of Charts 370
Index 391