Table of contents : Contents Note to the Reader Introduction 1. My Struggle to Become a Zen Monk 2. Zen Meditation 3. The Private Encounter with the Master 4. Zen Koans 5. Master Hakuin's Gateway to Freedom 6. Zen Poetry 7. The Story of Early Ch'an 8. The Development of Japanese Zen 9. The Zen Institution in Modern Japan 10. Recent Developments in North American Zen Epilogue: Problems of Authority in Western Zen Contributors Notes Index