Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Conventions xvii
6. McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies xix
7. Chapter 1. Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism 1
8. Chapter 2. Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching 22
9. Chapter 3. Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style 45
10. Chapter 4. The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where? 74
11. Chapter 5. Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty 101
12. Chapter 6. Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan 119
13. Notes 155
14. Character Glossary 177
15. Bibliography 183
16. Index 195