Part 1: The world of zazen -- Zazen as inquiry -- Zezen mind and transformative fuction -- Hongzhi, Dōgen, and the background of Shikan Taza -- Zazen as enactment ritual -- The gateway to respose and joy -- Part 2: Reflections of Eihei Dōgen -- Reflections on translating Dōgen -- The practice of Genjōkōan -- Practicing the awesome presence of active Buddhas -- Expressing the dream within the dream -- Zen rule-bending and the training for pure hearts -- Part 3: Commentaries on Dōgen's extensive record -- Speak softly, speak softly -- Dōgen's five-part approach to zazen -- Almost not confused by self -- Readying the ox -- Dropping body-mind, and the pregnant temple pillars -- Practice-realization-expression -- Part 4: Zen expressions -- Rumi's words of love -- Bob Dylan's visions of the Zen mind -- Making yourself into a light -- Gary Snyder and wild practice -- Part 5: American Zen engagement -- Liberation and eternal vigilance -- Consumerism and the Bodhisattva precepts -- Meeting our ancestors of the future -- Collective Karma and systemic responses to climate disruption -- Enlightened patriotism and right livelihood.