Included in this volume are Suzuki's famous study "Enlightenment and Ignorance, " a chapter on "Practical Methods of Zen Instruction, " the essays "On Satori - The Revelation of a New Truth in Zen Buddhism" and "History of Zen Buddhism from Bodhidharma to Hui-NÍng (Yeno), " and his commentary on "The Ten Cow-herding Pictures" which have long been used in Zen to illustra the stages of spiritual progress.