ASIAN OUTPOSTS IN SILENCE: WALKING MEDITAION 1 1. MONKS, MEDITATAION 5 2. LOTUSES IN THE RIVER JORDAN 19 3. SAMSARA AND NIRVANA 33 4. KISSING A WEEPING WILLOW 51 THE LAST RESORT IN SILENCE: SITTING MEDITATION 65 5. A PATH IN THE WILDERNESS 69 6. MEETING THE TEACHER 85 7. IN THE SAUNA 97 8. WASH DISHES, RING BELLS 107 9. WHO ARE THE SENTIENT BEINGS WE VOW TO SAVE? 121 10. FEAR 133 11. THE FIFTH HINDRANCE 145 12. BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF BEGINNINGLESS TIME 157 SETTLING IN SILENCE: WORKING MEDITATION 165 13. EMPTY CUSHION 169 14. DHARMA, KARMA, AND LETTING GO 191 15. A YELLOW LIFE JACKET 205 16. THE GOOD MEDITATOR 219 EPILOGUE: WILLINGNESS 235 IN SILENCE: PRACTICE 237
