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Index
Foreword
Introduction
A Note on Spelling
Extras
Acknowledgments
Special Thanks to the Technical Reviewers
Trademarks
Part 1 Orient-ation
Chapter 1 Four Ways to Wisdom
The Big Four
Shifting Scenes
In This Corner . . .
Into India
Every Which Way but Loose
Finding the Center
Maya Culpa
School Work
Escape from India
Friends in High Places
Different Spins
Chinese Minds
Finding the Way
Confucius Rules
Chapter 2 Turning East
The Whole Thing
All for One
Four Wholes
Who Do You Think You Are?
Where Am I?
Lost in Thought
Shut My Mouth
Silence Is Golden
Inner Quiet
So to Speak
Mind and Spirit
Spirit and Mind
Chapter 3 East Meets West
Worlds Apart
Proof of the Pudding
Getting Somewhere
I’ll Buy That
Blinded with Science
India-pendence
Breaking the Mold
Grinding Gears
A Little Romance
Rat Race
Feeling Your Age
New Heights
Covering the Spread
Forever Jung
Setting Trends
Part 2 Do You Hindu?
Chapter 4 Beyond the Gods
Blast from the Past
High Priests
Old-Time Religions
Higher Ground
The Whole Truth
Absolute Awareness
Getting Over It
Bliss and Bondage
Making Progress
Play It Again, Samsara
Wheel of Fortune
The Bad with the Good
Chapter 5 Life Goes On
Epic Struggle
Avatar in Action
Keep on Truckin’
Three Yogas
Bhakti Basics
All Roads Lead to Enlightenment
Manu’s Manual
Laying Down the Law
What It’s All About
Setting the Stages
Pay-Back Time
Class Action
Chapter 6 Going to Extremes
School Work
Branching Out
Off-Beat Beliefs
What You See Is What You Get
Accidents Happen
Spiritual Baggage
Censored System
Jaina’s Addiction
Starved for Knowledge
Let It Be
Jaina’s Logic
Any Way You Cut It
Categorically Speaking
Mental Breakdowns
Chapter 7 Building on Tradition
School Work
Mix and Match
Six Pack
Testing, Testing
Whattaya Know?
Up and Atom
Vedas Revisited
Best Behavior
Sacred Sound
Back to Brahman
Only One
Only One, Sort Of
Two for One
Chapter 8 Yogi Bearings
Theory and Practice
Knowing the Difference
Lopsided Pair
Theory of Evolution
Loose Threads
Missing Links
Pretzel Logic
Into Position
Siddhi Slickers
A Classic Twist
Out on the Limbs
Hold That Pose
Yoga Party
Chapter 9 Culture Clash
Islam in India
Sufi’s Choice
Sikh and Ye Shall Find
Spiritual Rebirth
Seeing to Reason
Old-Time Answers
Social Service
Super Yogi
Gandhi but Not Forgotten
Getting Organized
Nothing but the Truth
Philosopher for President
Brahman’s Intuition
We’re All in This Together
Chapter 10 Go West, Young Brahmin
Meeting of the Minds
Gurus Go Greek
Mixed Blessings
Romantic Notions
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Veda
Yankee Sages
American Know-How
Living Like a Yogi
Dark Secrets
Feeling the Spirit
Which Way Is Up?
World Spirit
Merry Krishnas
Chants Meetings
Cult Following
Sitting and Thinking
Change My World
Meditate on This
Part 3 Shake Your Buddha
Chapter 11 News from Nirvana
The Birth of a Legend
From Prince to Pauper
Wake-Up Call
Have Wisdom, Will Travel
Deep Dukkha
Eight Is Enough
Stop Asking Silly Questions!
It All Depends
Three Marks Against You
Filling in the Middle
Chapter 12 Flesh on the Bones
All Together Now
Baskets of Buddhism
Enlightened Empire
Parallel Paths
Going Solo
Dharma If You Do, Dharma If You Don’t
Divine Guides
Such a Suchness
Filling in the Middle
The Logic of Nonlogic
Head Room
Not Fade Away
Chapter 13 The Diamond Path
Up the Mountain
Tantra-lized
Behind Closed Doors
Cosmic Flow
Hand and Mouth
Wheels Inside of Wheels
Spiritual Snake-Charming
Dying for Enlightenment
Out-of-Body Experience
Getting Directions
Hello, Dalai
Chapter 14 Other Worlds
A New Buddha on the Block
The Lotus Serves Notice
All for One and One for All
The Big Three
The Big Ten
Worlds Upon Worlds
Land Sakes
Help from Above
Feeling Your Age
Into Shinto
Chapter 15 Now and Zen
Sitting Pretty
Letting Go
Zig-Zag Zen
Way Back Zen
Say It with Flowers
Up Against the Wall
The Long and Short of It
Soto Voce
Koan Heads
Mondo Zen
Missing the Pointer, Getting the Point
Who, Me?
Ordinary Miracles
Zen-Fu
Part 4 “Way” Cool
Chapter 16 Old Masters
Living in the Real World
Ideas with a Difference
Same Difference
Getting Wise to the Times
Troubled Waters
Dynasty: The Series
Boys Named Tzu
Advisors for Hire
Ancient Curriculum
Two Left Standing
Sorting the Systems
Hide or Seek
Enter the Dragon
Meeting of the Ways
Chapter 17 Tao or Never
Tapping the Source
A Way Out
Tao in Print
A Fork in the Way
Sages Versus Priests
Sage List
Book of Mysteries
Naming the Unnamable
The Way, in a Way
To Be or Not to Be
Tao Fu
The Good with the Bad
In the Balance
Better Halves
Chapter 18 Tao and Later
Inner Freedom
Express Yourself
The Tao of P’u
The Way of the West
Different Flows
Hanging Loose
Leading Lightly
All in the Timing
Kid Gloves
Practical Tao
Red Tape Tips
Quitting Time
Low Profile
The Tao of Slacking Off
All Judgments Aside
Chapter 19 Tao and Forever
The Tao of Pre-Chem
Eye of Newt . . .
All That Glitters
Magic in High Places
High Fives
Braving the Elements
The Lay of the Land
Mystical Fitness
Living on Air
Bang the Gong
State Versus Spirit
Tie a Yellow Turban
Gut Feelings
Chapter 20 Opposites in Flux
Either Oracle
The Tao of Chou
Order of the Day
Drawing the Lines
It Takes Three to Yin-Yang-O
The Big Picture
Out of the Limelight
Shell Game
Worldly Wisdom
Moving Heaven and Earth
Grass Roots
Going to the Well
Part 5 Sages in Service
Chapter 21 Confucius Says
The Man from Lu
Old Ways, New Thinking
Open Enrollment
The Rite Stuff
Take This Job and Shove It
Road Scholars
Do-Gooders
Respecting Others, Being Respectable
Two-Way Streets
Hanging in the Balance
An Official and a Gentleman
Looking Out for Number One
Public Spirit
Chapter 22 It Is Written
By the Book
Study Guide
Confucian Reading List
On the Rite Track
Against the Law
To Give and to Receive
Owing It All to Mom and Dad
Starting Small
Sincerely Yours
All the Rest
Setting the Standard
How to Tao
Be Smart, Be Nice, Be Strong
The Long Haul
Chapter 23 The Three Sages
A Guy Named Mo
Lovers and Fighters
Answer Me These Questions Three
Crossed Paths
Bones of Contention
Thrifty Thinking
A Meng Among Men
Good at Heart
Starting Off Right
Making It All Worthwhile
Down on the Farm
Contrasting Confucian
Chapter 24 Official Business
Ch’in Up
Legal Matters
Stick and Carrot
Upper Han
Looking Good
Han Hindsight
Office Work
Gravy Train
Passing the Test
All Together Now
For Heaven’s Sake
State of Union
Cosmic Morality
Chapter 25 The Way Revisited
In with the New
New and Improved
Reading Between the Lines
Buddha Within, Confucius Without
A Man of Reason
Lofty Ideas
Clearing Things Up
Nature Meets Society
Buddha Bashing
High Ideals
Can’t See the Forest for the Bamboo
Mind Meld
Alien Nations
Stemming the Tide
All the Tea in China
Part 6 Living Wisdom
Chapter 26 Food for Thought
Different Tastes
Food for the Gods
Holy Pleasure
Staying Hungry
Don’t Have a Cow
Where’s the Beef?
Food Service
Growing Concerns
Table Manners
The Tao of Dining
Spice of Life
Well-Blended Stew
Chapter 27 Bedroom Wise
Hindu How-To
Book of Love
Married or Not
Kissing and Telling
Sex Rites
Slippery Business
Double Standard
Pulling Strings to Tie the Knot
A Man’s World
Chop Chop
Foot Fetish
Chapter 28 Kung Fu Fighting
Rising Sun
No Illusions
Many Ways to Win
Living by the Sword
Bushi League
Fighting Form
In Style
Inside Outside
Forms of Expression
Hit List
Legends of the Art
Martial Monks
Mysterious Past
Film Fighting
Chapter 29 Rx East
Wide View
Tunnel Vision
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
Unhealthy Habits
Office-itis
Situation Normal
Nonprescription Treatments
Balance of Power
Under the Needle
Healthy Postures
Deep Cleaning
Body of Knowledge
Chapter 30 The Art of Wisdom
Turn to Stone
Graven Images
Stock Figures
A Show of Hands
Buddha Beauty
Stupa-fied
Stone Still
Ultimate Art
Scrolling Up
Scroll Models
Zen and the Art of Art
Serendipity
Famous Last Words
Appendix A Terms of En-seer-ment
Appendix B Guru’s Who’s Who
Appendix C It Is Written
Index
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