The Book of Mu

The great koan, your dog / John Tarrant -- Introduction / James Ishmael Ford and Melissa Myozen Blacker -- On the transliteration of names -- The koan Mu : text, commentary, and verse / Wumen Huikai -- Historical perspective : the first teachers of the koan way. Three commentaries / Dahui Zonggao ; Two commentaries / Eihei Dogen ; Great doubt / Hakuin Ekaku -- Founding teachers in the West. Teisho on Joshu's dog / Shaku Soen ; Chao-chou's dog / Robert Aitken ; Working with mu / Koryu Osaka ; Joshu's dog / Nyogen Senzaki ; Commentary on Joshu's mu / Yamamoto Gempo ; Commentary on Joshu's mu / Harada Sogaku ; Commentary on the koan mu / Haku'un Yasutani ; Joshu's mu / Zenkei Shibayama ; Encouragement talk / Philip Kapleau ; Joshu's dog / Koun Yamada ; First gate : Joju's dog / Seung Sahn ; Mu / Taizan Maezumi ; Method of practice / Thich Thien-An ; The experience of wu / Sheng Yen -- Modern commentaries. Three commentaries / Shodo Harada ; Joshu's mu / Eido Shimano ; On the utter, complete, total ordinariness of mu / James Ishmael Ford ; No is not the opposite of anything : using ZhaoZhou's "mu" in zen practice / Melissa Myozen Blacker ; Mu : intimate and simple / David Dae An Rynick ; It's not what you think / Bodhin Kjolhede ; Using poison to get rid of poison / John Daido Loori ; Unromancing no / Joan Sutherland ; Practicing mu, arriving home / Ruben L. F. Habito ; Even a dog...? / Mitra Bishop ; Always at home / Jan Chozen Bays ; At home in the world / Rachel Mansfield-Howlett ; Turn the light / Roko Sherry Chayat ; The power of possibility in the unknown / Dae Gak ; A thousand miles the same mood / Susan Murphy ; Mysterious and subtle, simple and straightforward / Elihu Genmyo Smith ; Give yourself away to mu / Gerry Shishin Wick ; The baby and the bath water / Barry Magid ; No. Nay. Never. Nyet. Iie. / John Tarrant ; Experiences with Joshu's mu / Jules Shuzen Harris ; Enjoying mu / Kurt Spellmeyer ; Becoming mu / Grace Schireson ; Joshu's dog / Elaine MacInnes.