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Title Page
Introduction
1. An Auspicious Date
LOWU STATION, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA’S GUANGDONG PROVINCE
THE TRAIN TO GUANGZHOU
2. Guangzhou
3. Hualin Temple
4. The Layout of a Traditional Chinese Temple
THE FRONT HALL OF HEAVENLY KINGS: THE “NATURE” OF SELF AND OTHER
THE BUDDHA HALL: THE “NATURE” OF DEPENDENT CO-ARISING
THE DHARMA HALL: THE “PERFECTED NATURE” OF CONSCIOUSNESS
5. Grand Buddha Temple
6. Guangxiao Temple
7 Another Visit to Hualin Temple
8. Traveling North
9. Zen at War
FROM GUANGZHOU TO SHAOGUAN
10. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Ancestor
11. Nashua Temple: The Sixth Ancestor Huineng’s Dharma Seat
SHAOGUAN CITY
12. Yunmen Temple
13. Danxia Mountain
14. Separate Transmission Temple
15. Nanchang City
16. Youmin Temple
17. The Trip to Baizhang Temple
18. Baizhang Temple
ANCIENT TEMPLE GATES
ZEN MASTER BAIZHANG’S TEACHINGS
BAIZHANG AND THE BODHISATTVA WAY
A TOUR OF BAIZHANG TEMPLE
MOUNT LU AND EAST WOODS TEMPLE
19. Jiujiang City
20. Up or Down the Yang-tse River?
21. Meeting Gunabhadra?
BODHIDHARMA IN LUOYANC 488—494?
FOURTH ANCESTOR’S TRUE ENLIGHTENMENT TEMPLE
THE FOURTH ANCESTOR’S TEMPLE
22. Laozu Si, the Old Ancestor’s Temple
BODHIDHARMA LEAVES THE LUOYANG MOUNT SONG REGION IN 494?
23. Nanjing City
24. Emperor Wu and Imperial-Way Buddhism
25. Tianchang City and Bodhidharma’s True Victory Temple
26. Linggu Temple on Bell Mountain
27. Emperor Wu, the Chakravartin King and Bodhisattva Emperor
28. Emperor Wu and His Family
CROWN PRINCE ZHAO MING (ALSO NAMED XIAO TONG)
29. Emperor Wu and the Temples of Bell Mountain
30. Mufu Mountains and Bodhidharma’s Nanjing Cave
31. The Fusin of Confucianism and Buddhism under Emperor Wu
32. The Tai Cheng Palace and Hualin Garden
EMPEROR WU’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HOME-LEAVING BUDDHISM
33. The Poem by Crown Prince Zhao Ming (Xiao Tong)
34. Stone Fortress and Refreshing Mountain
THE MEETING
35. Dingshan Temple
DAOXUAN’S VIEW OF NANJING IN THE AGE OF BODHIDHARMA
36. Changlu Temple
37. Train to Wuhan
38. Xiangfan City
39. Mount Song and Shaolin Temple
40. Shaolin Temple
SHAOLIN TEMPLE AND IMPERIAL-WAY BUDDHISM
41. Bodhidharma’s Cave
42. Huishan Temple
43. Ordination Platforms: The Battle Ground between Imperial and Bodhidharma Zen?
44. The Temples of Luoyang
45. Empty Appearance Temple
46. Bodhidharma’s Memorial Stele: Written by Emperor Wu?
47. Bodhidharma Memorial Ceremony
48. Train to Shanghai
NANJING IN CONTEXT
ON THE TRACK TO SHANGHAI
THE DEATH OF EMPEROR WU
49. Bodhidharma’s Fate
DRAGON GATE: DID BODHIDHARMA DIE NEAR CHINA’S ABANDONED HEART?
50. Epilogue
51. Was Japan to Blame?
Appendix:
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