Brought up within a Zen Buddhist tradition and later becoming a Jesuit priest, the author shows how Zen enriched his understanding of the Bible, and how Christianity gave substance to his practice of Zen. Original.
| Preface | | v | |
| Introduction | | ix | |
| Part I Learning from Zen | |
| | 3 | (7) |
| Learning through the Body |
| | 10 | (9) |
| | 19 | (8) |
| Purification of the `Body` |
| | 27 | (8) |
| | 35 | (12) |
| Part II Koans and the Bible | |
| | 47 | (7) |
| | 54 | (9) |
| When a Single Flower Blooms, It`s Spring Everywhere |
| | 63 | (9) |
| No-Mind and the Mind of a Child (1) |
| | 72 | (11) |
| No-Mind and the Mind of a Child (2) |
| | 83 | (11) |
| | 94 | (9) |
| The Way You Live Is the Way You Die |
| | 103 | (8) |
| Doing Religious Reading with the `Body` |
| | 111 | (8) |
| Towards a New Scriptural Hermeneutics |
| | 119 | (8) |
| Part III The Spiritual Exercises and a Zen Sesshin | |
| To Die the Great Death and Be Born Again |
| | 127 | (8) |
| With a Distinguished Spirit of Chivalry |
| | 135 | (7) |
| The Super-Logic of the `Fool` |
| | 142 | (11) |
| Taking Hold of the Mystery of the Cross |
| | 153 | (8) |
| Examine the Place Where You Stand |
| | 161 | (10) |
| The Cross Is the Resurrection |
| | 171 | (9) |
| Glossary | | 180 | |