Chapter I History of Zen in China; Chapter II History of Zen in Japan; Chapter III The Universe is the Scripture of Zen; Chapter IV Buddha, the Universal Spirit; Chapter V The Nature of Man; Chapter VI Enlightenment; Chapter VII Life; Chapter VIII The Training of the Mind and the Practice of Meditation;
Kaiten Nukariya was a professor at Kei-O-Gi-Jiku University and at So-To-Shu Buddhist College, Tokyo.