Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Chapter 1 The Music of the Universe 1
Chapter 2 What Am I Doing Here?, Part 1 9
Chapter 3 What Am I Doing Here?, Part 2 20
Chapter 4 The Ethics of Action 28
Chapter 5 The Noble Eightfold Path 41
Chapter 6 Right View 45
Chapter 7 Can You Do What Is Right without Belief? 55
Chapter 8 Right Thinking 63
Chapter 9 Right Speech 71
Chapter 10 Right Action 76
Chapter 11 Right Livelihood 82
Chapter 12 Right Effort 89
Chapter 13 Right Mindfulness 94
Chapter 14 The World of Demons 106
Chapter 15 Right Balanced State 117
Chapter 16 The Heart Sutra 127
Chapter 17 The Zen Buddhist Precepts 137
Chapter 18 The Buddhist Confession Booth 148
Chapter 19 The Three Devotions 158
Chapter 20 The Universal Precepts 164
Chapter 21 I Vow Not to Kill 169
Chapter 22 I Vow Not to Steal 177
Chapter 23 I Vow Not to Hold Excessive Desires 182
Chapter 24 I Vow Not to Lie 190
Chapter 25 I Vow to Refrain from Intoxicants 195
Chapter 26 I Vow Not to Dwell on Past Mistakes 204
Chapter 27 I Vow Not to Praise Self and Berate Others 209
Chapter 28 I Vow Not to Be Covetous 214
Chapter 29 I Vow Not to Give Way to Anger 219
Chapter 30 I Vow Not to Disparage Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha 224
Chapter 31 Don't Be a Jerk 231
Chapter 32 Same Brad, Different Day? Being-Time 244
Chapter 33 Dogen's Weird Ideas about Space 260
Chapter 34 Some More about Space 270
Chapter 35 Superconscious States and Miracles 278
Chapter 36 Who Walked My Dog? 285
Chapter 37 One Bright Pearl 305
Chapter 38 Dogen's Letter to Himself 319
Chapter 39 Your True Body Is the Universe 329
Chapter 40 I Am My Own Bad Hair Day 337
Chapter 41 Our Actions Are the Universe 346
Chapter 42 The Dharma King 353
Chapter 43 Why Buddhas Need Other Buddhas 360
Chapter 44 No Choice 368
Chapter 45 The Human Project 374
Appendix: How to Do Zazen 384
About the Author 387
