Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Part I Entering Interspiritual Practice
1 Zen and Nonduality 3
2 My Christian Heritage 8
3 Zen Experience, Christian Experience 12
Part II Experiencing Nondual Spirituality
4 Ultimate Reality and a Nondual God 21
5 The Inconceivable 26
6 Transcendent and Immanent 31
7 Impersonal, Personal, and Beyond 35
8 Distinct but Not Separate 42
9 Relationship, Identity, Intimacy 47
10 Boundless Love 51
11 Incarnation 55
12 Radically Inclusive 59
13 Suffering and Crucifixion 63
14 Death and Resurrection 68
15 Grace and Gift 72
Part III Discovering the Nonseparate Self
16 Who Am I? 79
17 Radical Emptying 85
18 Boundlessness and Healthy Boundaries 89
19 Ignorance, Sin, and Shadow 93
20 Impermanent, Interdependent, Interconnected 97
21 The Particular 101
22 Being Selfless 105
23 No Other, Only Other 109
Part IV Meditating and Praying
24 Meditation as Prayer 115
25 Who Prays to Whom? 119
26 Simple Prayers 123
27 Praying with the Body 127
28 Prayers for Help 132
29 Prayers for Forgiveness 136
30 Prayers of Gratitude 140
31 Prayers of Praise and Awe 144
32 Unceasing Prayer 148
Part V Embodying Loving Action
33 Ethics, Morality, Civility 155
34 Reverence 159
35 Humility 163
36 Joy 168
37 Freedom 172
38 Love One Another 176
39 Work as a Gift 180
40 Expressing the Inconceivable 184
41 Keep Going 188
Works Cited 193
Index 197