Blue cliff record, thereby shedding light on the broad range of gongan literature produced in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries and beyond. Translation of yamada koun roshis teisho on the hekiganroku blue cliff record. This dharma talk on case 7 of the hekiganroku the blue cliff records was given on june 19th, 2006 at chobojis weeklong summer sesshin, seattle, wa. Announcement announcement of the personal payment date ppd in the ids and the change of the ids for the older members. Hekiganroku blue cliff record instructions, cases, verses selection of 100 cases with verses by setcho juken xuedou zhongxian.
The teisho name corresponds to a specific case or chapter in the mumonkan, hekiganroku, or book of. What does the blue cliff record teach us about like and dislike, about picking and choosing. They are still used today in a variety of practice lineages, from traditional zendos to. Hekiganroku blue cliff record instructions, cases, verses selection of. In order to make it easy for each member to identify hisher personal payment date ppd on which the annual membership fee should be regularly paid, the secretariat of the sanbozen society has decided to take the following measures. A teisho is a formal dharma talk, given on a specific koan or zen text. The odes are the foundation text of the zen classic blue cliff record and are the 100 public cases koans selected by xuedou with a verse by him attached to each of the cases, plus a few additional lines of comments sprinkled in on a few of the cases. The core of this extraordinary work is a collection of one hundred traditional citations and stories, selected for their ability to bring about insight and enlightenment.
It is said that hakuin lectured on the entire hekiganroku fourteen times over a thirty year period of teaching. Chan rhetoric of uncertainty provides an innovative, critical textual and literary analysis, in light of song dynasty 9601279 chinese cultural and intellectual historical trends, of the blue cliff record c. Dahui zonggao is even said to have burned the woodblocks of the blue cliff record, for the hindrance it had become to study of chan by his students. The blue cliff record, also referred to as the blue cliff collection, consists of 100 gongan jp. Hey everyone, i would like to start linking to the hekiganroku koans, and i thought to make first an introductory thread, to link to in the future. The two works translated in this book,mumonkangateless gate and hekiganroku blue cliff record,both compiled during the song dynasty in china, are the best known and most frequently studied koan collections, and are classics of zen literature. Hekiganroku the blue cliff record free download as pdf file. Hekiganroku the blue cliff record koans hey everyone, i would like to start linking to the hekiganroku koans, and i thought to make first an introductory thread, to link to in the future. The blue cliff record by thomas cleary, paperback barnes. The blue cliff records were complied by chan by master yunmen about 980 a.
Hekiganroku is a collection of 100 koans compiled in 1125 by yuanwu keqin. Zen comments by hakuin and tenkei translated by thomas. Chan rhetoric of uncertainty in the blue cliff record. Read online now the blue cliff record ebook pdf at our library. Oral tradition holds that dahui noticed students engaged in too much intellectual discourse on koans, and then burned the wooden blocks used to print the blue cliff record to rescue disciples from delusion. The text was reconstituted only in the early 14th century by a layman, zhang mingyuan. Steven heine professor and director, fiu asian studies program is an authority on east asian religion and society, especially the history of zen buddhism and its relation to culture in china and. Mumonkan and hekiganroku translated with commentaries by katsuki sekida. Very good translation of the two main classics gateless gate wumenguan and blue cliff record biyan lu.
Bodhidharmas clear and void emperor bu of ryo 1 asked great master bodhidharma, what is the highest meaning of the holy reality. Compiled by yuanwu keqin 106315 in 1128, the blue cliff record is. Hekiganroku the blue cliff record koan nondualism scribd. What the blue cliff record and roshi kjolhede have to say about mistakes. The blue cliff record is a translation of the pi yen lu, a collection of one hundred famous zen koans accompanied by commentaries and verses from the teachings of chinese zen masters. Hekiganroku, the seminal chanzen buddhist collection of commentaries on one hundred gongankoan cases long celebrated for its intricate and articulate interpretative. The blue cliff record i translated from the chinese pi yen lu by. Please stop breaking chairs over each others backs for a moment, put aside your bowls, and grant me your attention for a moment. Translation of yamada koun roshis teisho on the hekiganrokublue cliff record.
These books are more complete, inasmuch they include introductions, verses and commentaries in some depth. Avoids sectarian stereotypes that tend to either blur or exaggerate the sets of relations between yuanwu and the figures whose teachings he absorbed or influenced. This book provides an indepth textual and literary analysis of the blue cliff record chinese biyanlu, japanese hekiganroku, a seminal chanzen buddhist collection of commentaries on one hundred gongankoan cases, considered in light of historical, cultural, and intellectual trends from the song dynasty 9601279. Besides thinking about this koan each day, i used the following koan secrets of the blue cliff record. Zhongxian has added explanatory verses to each of the gongan, and later the comments of keqin were appended. It was from these talks that a compilation was made by an unknown associate, secret commentary on the blue cliff record, and kept hidden until a lay devotee made a copy. The blue cliff record chinese biyanlu, japanese hekiganroku is widely considered one of. The blue cliff record download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. When you see smoke on the other side of the mountain, you immediately know there is fire. Dharma talk teisho given by eran junryu vardi roshi at eiryuji zen center eternal flow in wyckoff, nj, usa on sunday, january, 2019.
The blue cliff record the translations of the sayings of the zen masters are inaccurate. Hekiganroku blue cliff record 1 3 circumstances are. Both are collections of classic and well worn zen koans with layers of commentary by more contemporary, but still old for our time, teachers and thinkers mostly, i believe, from china but with phonetic japanese names. Hekiganroku blue cliff record instructions, cases, verses selection of 100 cases with verses. Yuanwus preface the words which command the universe are obeyed through the ages. Get the blue cliff record pdf file for free from our online library pdf file. The blue cliff record is a translation of the pi yen lu, a collection of one hundred zen koans the paradoxical teaching stories used by zen teachers to go. Chan rhetoric of uncertainty in the blue cliff record sharpening a sword at the dragon gate steven heine. Compiled by the disciples of yuanwu keqin in 1128, the blue cliff record is. Selection of 100 cases with verses by setcho juken. Give refers to the times when the zen master praises the student or allows him or her their say. There is no pointing out the east and marking the west. The blue cliff record is a classic text of zen buddhism, designed to assist in the activation of dormant human potential. The blue cliff record is a collection of chan buddhist koans originally compiled in song china.
The blue cliff record koan collection as used in the zen training. Many, if not most, of these koans are available elsewhere in better anthologies, such as clearys translations of the shoyoroku the book of serenity and the hekiganroku the blue cliff record. Although all three works have stories from masters of all five classical zen schools, the. The teisho name corresponds to a specific case or chapter in the mumonkan, hekiganroku, or book of serenity. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Hekiganroku shoyoroku denkoroku teisho by yamada ryoun roshi on the koan collections. To really imbibe the teachings, we have to make the legend personal. Pdf bring me the rhinoceros download full pdf book download. Be advised that since the translator was japanese, all the names of the patriarchs and figures in the cases are in japanese therefore the book refers to the texts as mumonkan and hekiganroku, which are the japanese pronunciations of the same chinese terms. The following koans are selected from the blue cliff record, a collection of 100 koans with commentaries by yuanwu 106315, translated by t cleary and jc cleary, 2005. Click download or read online button to get the blue cliff record book now. The blue cliff record is a translation of the pi yen lu, a collection of one hundred famous zen koans accompanied by commentaries and verses from the. Mumonkan 148 japanishenglisch hekiganroku 150 japanishenglisch hekiganroku 51100 japanishenglisch teishos. Blue cliff record, the repository of zen koans compiled by xuedou and edited with commentaries by yuanwu.
The blue cliff record 0 of 100 good morning to you, my fellow monastics. Legends are far more potent than mere historical biographies. To cherish all life owith the emphasis on all, can we exist on earth without killing. Readers should note that the original text of the blue cliff record does not include either a table of contents or individual titles for each case. Secrets of the blue cliff record ebook by thomas cleary. Some translators create their own titles for all the cases, however, since many of the cases are also found in either the record of composure, a. Dedication to the beloved chan zen masters who have kept the beauty and tradition of chan, zen since bodhidharma came to china from india in about 500 a. This dharma talk includes material on the ummons every day is a good day, when having to eat borsch. The purpose of this document, which is a part of the buddhist studies www virtual library and of the zen buddhism www virtual library, is to provide comprehensive and factual information about the piyenlu j. Compiled in the twelfth century, it is considered one of the great treasures of zen literature and an essential study manual for students of zen.
Many products that you buy can be obtained using instruction manuals. The text was reconstituted only in the early 14th century by a layman, zhang mingyuan, cho meien. Bodhidharmas vast and void case 1 penticton zen centre. Chao chou, teaching the assembly, said the ultimate path is without difficulty, it just avoids picking and choosing. The two works translated in this book, mumonkan the gateless gate and hekiganroku the blue cliff record, both compiled during the song dynasty in china, are the best known and most frequently studied koan collections, and are classics of zen literature. Koan literature was also influenced by the prezen chinese tradition of the literary gamea competition involving improvised poetry.
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