- Prefaceviii
- Part One: Silent Illumination
- 1. A Parable for Silent Illumination3
- 2. Starting from Where We Are13
- 3. The Underlying Feeling Tones19
- 4. Supporting Attitudes to Cultivate31
- 5. Meditation39
- 6. Approaches to Silent Illumination47
- 7. Caveats and Pitfalls65
- Part Two: Commentaries
- 8. The Vacant Field85
- 9. The Investigation97
- 10. Multitasking109
- Part Three: Translations
- 11. Hongzhi’s Collected Writings on Silent Illumination123
- Notes137
- Index145