This book, first published in 1994, brings together the rich and complementary traditions of yoga and Zen. The lessons they contain serve always to guide and inform, never to lecture or preach. From accounts of long-ago kings and sages to stories of contemporary businessmen and students come timeless, universal precepts that speak directly to the modern reader.
Part 1. Lotus Lake 1. The Magistrate 2. Do Good 3. Self-Examination 4. Last Words 5. Anger 6. Habits 7. Honor 8. Prayers Answered 9. Proclaimed Wisdom 10. The Judge 11. Tail, No Tail 12. Powers 13. Obedience 14. Holy Ceremony 15. Handshake 16. Prescriptions 17. Excuses 18. Test Not 19. Giving Up Illusion 20. Fire Stages 21. In the Courtyard 22. Dream-Fair 23. Fireworks 24. The Swimmer 25. Mistakes 26. Too Good 27. Turtle 28. One Step, Twenty Steps 29. Warning 30. Hypnosis 31. The Procession 32. The Well Part 2. Dragon Pool 33. Remembering 34. Reverence 35. Humble 36. Racing Dive 37. Devil, Devil 38. All Different 39. Seeds 40. Emptying 41. Silence 42. Mu in Prison 43. How Much 44. The Mantra-Sayer 45. Notes 46. Faith 47. The Part 48. Hero 49. Jobs 50. Good 51. Cat and Dog 52. Shooting Arrows 53. Trick 54. Gardens 55. Independence 56. Gone Away 57. Ghosts 58. The Pond 59. Fallacy Somewhere 60. Dark Spotlight 61. Cleaning 62. Spitting 63. Time, Time 64. The Blue Mountain 65. Paid For 66. Triumph 67. To the Last Drop 68. Wisdom Water 69. Channel 70. Pearls 71. Interlaced Trees 72. The Singing Eggs 73. The Pillar 74. Unseen
