Prelude (1)
PART 1: ZEN MIND, MUDDLED MIND
1 Buddha 101: Stumbling Up Monkey Mind Mountain (7)
2 One Bright Idea: My American Buddhism Project (16)
3 Just Sitting: I Obsess a Lot, and Then I Get Distracted (21)
4 Zen Gardening: ME and My Green -Thumbed Monkey (35)
5 Why Do Tibetans Have Such Trouble with Their Vacuum Cleaners? They Lack Attachments (39)
PART 2: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
6 Catholic Boy Zen: Was Jesus a Bodhisattva? (57)
7 You Can Change Your Mind: And Your Karma, Too (72)
8 The Work Koan: Life Without a Cushion (90)
9 The Plain-Spoken Theravadan: A High View from a Low Seat (103)
10 Buddha Bug, Buddha Being: You Are What You Eat (124)
PART 3: REAL BUDDHISTS DON'T TAKE NOTES
11 Destroy Your Neighbor, Destroy Yourself: The Dalai Lama and the Action Hero (139)
12 Trying to Hit the Ball: Fruitless Searching on the Fruited Plain (160)
13 Eat Your Rice, Wash Your Bowl, and Just Sit: Studying with the Seven-Year-Old Master (171)
14 What Kind of Buddhist Am I? A Lousy One, Thank You (186)
Basic Buddhist Terms (199)
Suggested Further Reading (207)
