Blue Cliff Record, The

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Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 1998 - Koan - 453 pages

Contents

Translators Introduction Thomas Cleary
1
Preface by Sanjiao Laoren
8
The Ultimate Way Is without Difficulty
19
Master Ma Is Unwell
25
Xuefengs Grain of Rice
36
Huichao Asks about the Buddha
47
Cuiyans Eyebrows
53
The Phony
63
The Stone Bridge
252
Wild Ducks
255
Yunmen Extends Both Hands
259
Daowus Condolence Call
262
One Arrow Smashes Three Barriers
267
The Stupid Oaf
272
Zhaozhou Cant Explain
275
Why Not Quote It Fully?
277

Gobblers of Dregs
69
Three Pounds of Flax
76
The School of Kāṇadeva
82
An Appropriate Statement
86
An UpsideDown Statement
89
The Man in the Weeds
94
The Living Meaning of Chan
99
The Seamless Monument
103
One Finger Chan
109
The Living Meaning of Chan
114
Lotus Flower Lotus Leaves
122
The TurtleNosed Snake
126
The Summit of the Peak of Wonder
134
Guishan and Iron Grindstone Liu
138
The Hermits Staff
142
Sitting Alone on the Mountain
148
The Body Exposed in the Autumn Wind
151
The Truth Thats Never Been Spoken
155
It Goes Along With It
159
Magu Carrying His Ringed Staff
165
Elder Ding Stands Motionless
171
Zifus Circle
174
Where Do You Come From?
178
The Dialogue of Mañjuśri and Wuzhuo
182
Roaming in the Mountains
186
Theres Nothing in the World
190
The Workings of the Iron Ox
193
The Flowering Hedge
201
Like a Dream
204
One Who Has Died the Great Death
208
Good Snowflakes
211
No Cold or Heat
215
Knowing How to Beat the Drum
219
Zhaozhous Shirt
224
The Sound of Raindrops
228
Six Do Not Take It In
231
Overturning the Tea Kettle
235
The Golden Fish That Has Passed through the Net
239
Every Atom Samādhi
243
What Is It?
246
The Staff Changes into a Dragon
280
One Atom
284
Within There Is a Jewel
288
Nanquan Kills a Cat
292
Nanquan Questions Zhaozhou
294
An Outsider Questions the Buddha
297
Getting Huangchaos Sword
302
Great Adept Fu Expounds a Scripture
306
Whats Your Name?
310
Nanquans Circle
314
Guishan Attends Baizhang
317
You Shut Up Too
320
Baizhang Questions Yunyan
322
The Permutations of Assertion and Denial
324
Jinnius Rice Pail
329
Wujius Unjust Beating
332
Have You Eaten?
337
Yunmens Cake
342
Sixteen Bodhisattvas Bathe
345
All Sounds
348
A Newborn Baby
352
Shooting the Elk of Elks
357
The Stable Body of Reality
362
The Ancient Buddhas and the Pillars
366
Vimalakirtis Door of Nonduality
369
A Tigers Roar
374
The Kitchen Pantry and the Main Gate
379
Medicine and Disease Subdue Each Other
382
Three Invalids
386
The Hands and Eyes of Great Compassion
391
The Body of Wisdom
397
Yanguans Rhinoceros
401
The Buddha Ascends the Seat
405
Daguang Does a Dance
408
Not Seeing
410
Three Poisons
414
Three Turning Words
418
The Ten Body Controller
436
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