| Preface and Acknowledgments | p. 9 | |
| India: First Encounters | p. 19 | |
| A Seminar in Ahmedabad | p. 33 | |
| The Elusive Event | p. 45 | |
| The Witnesses | p. 57 | |
| The Counterplayer | p. 68 | |
| Four Old Indians | p. 81 | |
| Childhood and Youth | p. 103 | |
| From Vow to Vocation | p. 141 | |
| Householder in South Africa | p. 176 | |
| A Personal Word | p. 229 | |
| Prophet in His Own Country | p. 255 | |
| Companions and Counterplayers | p. 296 | |
| The Event Retold | p. 322 | |
| Aftermath | p. 364 | |
| Homo Religiosus | p. 395 | |
| The Instrument | p. 410 | |
| Notes | p. 451 | |
| Index | p. 463 |