Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Foreword XI
4. Preface XIII
5. Abbreviations and Conventions of Usage XV
6. Introduction 1
7. Part One: History
8. CHAPTER I: Bodhidharma, His Immediate Successors, and the Masters of the Lankāvatāra Sūtra 15
9. CHAPTER II: From Provincial China to Lo-yang and Ch'ang-an 30
10. CHAPTER III: The Seventh Generation and Beyond 61
11. CHAPTER IV: The Development of the "Transmission of the Lamp" Histories 73
12. Part Two: Doctrine
13. CHAPTER V: The Earliest Teachings of Ch'an 101
14. CHAPTER VI: The Basic Doctrines of the East Mountain Teaching 118
15. CHAPTER VII: Shen-hsiu and the Religious Philosophy of the Northern School 148
16. Conclusion 235
17. Appendix 255
18. Notes 271
19. Bibliography 349
20. Character Glossary 361
21. Index 375
22. Chinese Texts 395