CONTENTS: Introduction, 1. JAPAN: My backstory in Japan, What is Noh?, Japan, The historical progression toward noh, Wu Nuo and Okina, Bugaku, Kan'ami and Zeami, Zen and Noh, Noh masks, Techniques common to Zen Meditation and noh movement, The Zen mondo and the long abstract dance, 2. INDIA: My backstory in India, What is Cham?, India: Political Opportunities to Study Cham, Ladakh Beginnings, Rapid Inventory, Spiti Valley, a Five-Year Cycle of Buddhist Dances, Meditation Requirements for Dance, 3. NEPAL: My backstory in Nepal, What is Charya Nritya?, Nepal, Monastic Cham in Nepal, Charya Nritya and Newar Buddhism, Danced Sadhana, Newar Buddhist meaning of Mudra, Inner, outer, secret charya, Masks and ritual attire, Deity characters in Charya Nritya, The mutual sustaining of deity iconography in dance and art, From Time Immemorial to the Present Day, Conclusion: Thoughts on the body and dance from Prajwal Vajracharya, 4. BHUTAN: My backstory in Bhutan, Bhutan: Bhutan history and dance history, Four Orders of Vajrayana Buddhism, Treasure Revealers, Cham in action, The Dorje Lingpa Cham lineage in Bhutan, Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405), Nabji Tercham (Naked Dance), Conclusion, 5. SRI LANKA: My backstory in Sri Lanka, What is Kandyan Dance?, Sri Lanka: History and Danced History, Royally appointed castes and clans as ritual steward, Suvist Vivaranaya, Danced Ritual of the Twenty-Four Previous Buddhas, The Kandy Perahera, Afterthought, 6. CHINA: My backstory in China: Martial arts, and the Dunhuang Caves, What are Chinese martial arts?, Why are the Mogao Buddhist cave temples, also known as the Dunhuang caves?, China, Shaolin Gongfu, The 108 Luohans, The Secret of the Golden Flower, The Monkey King, Danced Depictions in the Dunhuang Caves, Words of Mme, Professor Wang Kefen, Sogdian Whirl, 7. MONGOLIA: My backstory in Mongolia, What is Tsam?, Mongolia, 8. TIBET: My backstory in Tibet, Tibet, Syen Hedin, 1865-1952, Ted Shawn, 1891-1972, Rene Nebevsky Wojkowitz 1923-1959, Mario Fantin, 19021-1980, Performed Iconography on ritualized landscapes, 9. ENGLAND: What is ballet?, England: Ballet and Buddhism in England, 10. THE UNITED STATES: My backstory with Merce Cunningham, What is modern dance?, The United States: Merce Cunningham, Common Time, the exhibition, Linking Ted Shawn and Merce Cunningham, Cunningham Technique as the Practice of Freedom, Performing a Nuh Dance for Merce Cunningham, About the Maps, The Team, Glossary, Index.