Table of Contents
Foreword Zen Master Bo Mun x
Introduction xiii
1 4:30 a.m. 1
2 In the Subway 2
3 When the Engine Stops 2
4 I Choose This 4
5 Red Geranium 5
6 When the Door Opened 6
7 Why Do You Meditate? 8
8 Today 9
9 Distant Temple Bell 10
10 Going to the Still Center 11
11 The Winner and the Loser 12
12 Is It Possible? 13
13 Buddha, the Window Washer 14
14 Who Is This Someone? 15
15 Jock Strap 16
16 When Will It Come? 17
17 Hotel Room 19
18 Stages or No Stages? 20
19 Why Not? Because He Didn't 23
20 The Question 25
21 A Place to Stay 26
22 On Retreat 29
23 I Didn't Think It Would Be Like This 30
24 Ordinary Mind 31
25 Stop! 33
26 Kindness 34
27 Before and After 35
28 When Off the Cushion 37
29 Who Saved Who? 38
30 Did I Meet Buddha? 39
31 Who Acts? 42
32 It's Like Light 43
33 Walking through the Chapel Square Mall 44
34 Ripples of War 45
35 Three Foundations 47
36 Upright in the Experience 48
37 Wilderness Solo 50
38 She Was Just Here 52
39 Fraction Over Infinity-Zero 54
40 Mowing Lawns 55
41 Pushing the Pendulum 56
42 An Apology 57
43 Anybody In? 58
44 Actually, Not a Problem 59
45 Either Or 60
46 Compassion 62
47 Leader of the Choir 64
48 Coming Home 65
Additional Resources 67
Bo Mun's Ten Principles of Zen 68
Endnotes 79
Acknowledgments 88
About the Author 90
Selected Bibliography 91
Note to Reader 93