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Contributors

Nothing Is Real: Toward a Sunyata/Pleroma Dialectic
Rob Cook

The Self and the Other in Sufi Thought
Muhammad Kamal

Northern California Chan/Zen-Catholic Dialogue: I. The Buddhist Idea of No-Self
Martin Verhoeven

Northern California Chan/Zen-Catholic Dialogue: II. The Author of the Cloud of Unknowing as Teacher and Disciple
Fr. Robert Hale, O.S.B.

Northern California Chan/Zen-Catholic Dialogue: III. The World as Arena of Transformation: Applications for a Modern Zen Social Ethic
Taigen Dan Leighton

Northern California Chan/Zen-Catholic Dialogue: IV. Transformation into Christ
Mary Ann Donovan, S.C.

Northern California Chan/Zen-Catholic Dialogue: V. The Bodhisattva’s Embrace
Hozan Alan Senauke

Renewing the Nalanda Legacy: Science, Religion and Objectivity in Buddhism and the West
Joseph Loizzo

Painting Emptiness: Impressions of the Rothko Chapel
David Rounds