ContentsTranslatar's Preface

Transmission of the Lamp

The Quest For Enlightenment

The Sixth Patriarch Huineng

A Special Transmission Apart From the Scriptures

Not Reliant On Language

Direct Pointing At One's Mind

Seeing One's Nature,Becoming a Buddha

Non-Abiding

Sudden In the South,Gradual In the North

Huairang Of Nanyue

Xingsi Of Qingyuan

Xuanjue Of Yongjia

Huizhong Of Nanyang

Shenhui Of Heze

Dayi,Patriarch Ma(Mazu)

Seeking a Mule While Riding a Mule

The Hunter's Marksmanship

Self-Nature

How Could It Have Flown Away

Buddha Of the Sun,Buddha Of the Moon

Zen Of the Wild Fox

Baizhang's Regulations

A Day Without Work,A Day Without Food

The Fire In the Embers

The Great Suppression

Xiangyan Hits Bamboo

The Mind Is the Buddha

The Devil Of Language

Eating And Sleeping

Self And Other

Congshen of Zhaozhou

Nanquan Kills a Cat

Kicked By a Donkey

Not a Stitch On

The Dao Is In Dung

If the Mind Is Pure,Everything Is Pure

The Buddha-Nature Of a Dog

Dust

Zhen Prefecture's Big White Radishes

Daowu Of Tianhuang

Chongxin Of Longtan

The Bodhisattva Shanhui

Standing For the Emperor

Three Schools In One

Shanhui's Zen Poem

Liangjie Of Dongshan

Fayan Wenyi

A Drop Of Water From the Cao River

Emptiness

Wenyan Of Yunmen

Everyday Is a Good Day

One Word Gate

Yunmen's Three Lines