Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Overview on Snyder
1.2 Literature Review
1.3 Structure Preview
Chapter 2 Cornerstone: Buddhist Enlightenment in Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems
2.1 Snyder's Buddhist Pilgrimage to Asia
2.1.1 Snyder's Asia Dream
2.1.2 Buddhism Boom in America
2.1.3 Snyder's Buddhist Practice in Japan
2.2 Snyder's Interplay with Han Shah
2.2.1 Similarities between Snyder and Han Shah
2.2.2 Snyder's Translation of Cold Mountain Poems
2.3 Snyder's Buddhist Enlightenment in Riprap Poems
2.3.1 Buddhist Theory of Dependent Origination
2.3.2 Buddhist Concept of Interpenetration in Riprap
Chapter 3 Milestone: Buddhist Ecology in Turtle Island
3.1 Snyder's Repatriation to America
3.2 Snyder's Perception of Ecological Crisis on "Turtle Island"
3.2.1 Ecological Crisis on Turtle Island
3.2.2 Ecological Crisis as Cultural Crisis
3.3 Snyder's Buddhist Ecological Vision in Turtle Island
3.3.1 Holistic Bioregional Vision
3.3.2 Buddha Nature in Indra's Net of Interrelatedness
Chapter 4 Capstone: Buddhist Epistemology in Mountains and
Rivers Without End
4.1 Snyder's Journey in Mountains and Rivers Without End
4.2 Snyder's Dharma Gate of Non-Duality in Mountains and Rivers Without End
4.2.1 Mountain and Water
4.2.2 Visual Painting and Verbal Poem
4.3 Snyder's Buddhist Epistemological Vision in Mountains and Rivers Without End
4.3.1 Buddhist Concept of Impermanence
4.3.2 Buddhist Concept of Emptiness
Chapter 5 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Aeknowledgements