ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION Coming Alive 1 ONE INCH SITTING, ONE INCH BUDDHA 2 FROST GATHERING ON SNOW 3 HALF MOON MAKES FULL HALO 4 THE ART OF RECEIVING 5 RENUNCIATION 6 BUDDHA'S LIFE-GIVING PRECEPTS 7 YOUR TEACHER IS FOUND IN YOUR PRACTICE 8 SPIRIT OF COOKING 9 BREAKING THE SKIN BORN OF MOTHER 10 TWO SCHOOLS, ONE SAMADHI 11 THE SOUND OF THE BELL 12 CONFIENCE IN YOUR OROGINAL NATURE 13 LIFE OF VOW:GOING STRAIGHT ON A NINETY-NINE-MILE CURVE 14 LEAVES FALL The Treasure 15 INTIMATE STUDY 16 TAKING THE BACKWARD STEP 17 ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN LOSS 18 DIAMOND AND COAL, THE PURE HEART OF PRACTICE 19 YOU CAN'T GET OFF THE TRAIN 20 THE RIVER LONGS TO RETURN TO THE OCEAN 21 FINDING OURSELVES JUST AS WE ARE 22 DOING FOR THE THING ITSELF As It Is 23 SONOMAMA 24 A LOTUS IN YOUR GARDEN 25 THINGS AS IT IS 26 THE DEAD FAWN 27 SHIKAN TAZA: SITTING QUIETLY AND DOING NOTHING 28 PLUM BLOSSOMS 29 THE WORLDLESS PROCLAMATION 30 TURNING YOUR RADIANCE INWARD APPENDIX: TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR INCONCEIVABLY WONDROUS NATURE
