Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Conventions IX
5. Introduction 1
6. Theravāda Buddhist Soteriology and the Paradox of Desire 37
7. Attainment through Abandonment: The Sarvāstivādin Path of Removing Defilements 63
8. The Path to Perdition: The Wholesome Roots and Their Eradication 107
9. On the Ignorance of the Arhat 135
10. Paths Terminable and Interminable 147
11. The Illusion of Spiritual Progress: Remarks on Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Soteriology 193
12. A Tibetan Perspective on the Nature of Spiritual Experience 225
13. Mental Concentration and the Unconditioned: A Buddhist Case for Unmediated Experience The Relation between Chinese Buddhist History and Soteriology 269
14. Encounter Dialogue and the Transformation of the Spiritual Path in Chinese Ch'an 339
15. Mārga and Culture: Learning, Letters, and Liberation in Northern Sung Ch'an 371
16. Shortening the Path: Early Tendai Interpretations of the Realization of Buddhahood with This Very Body (Sokushin Jobutsu) 439
17. No-Mind and Sudden Awakening: Thoughts on the Soteriology of a Kamakura Zen Text 475
18. Index 507
19. Contributors 523