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Index
A fragrant breeze blows from the south, 92
A radiant phoenix dances in the sky, 82
absolute, and relative, 175
activity, 203; and essence, 191
admonitions; of Nantang Yuanjing, 74, 75; of Tettō Gikō, 175
Āgama sutras, 182, 188
ālaya-vijñāna (eighth, seed, or storehouse consciousness), 42, 130
Amitābha Buddha, 43, 215, 279; Pure Land of, 243
Amitābha Sutra, 229
Analects, 45, 97, 111, 134
Ānanda; bio, 213; and the flagpole, 119; misc., 227, 251;
Ancestor Zen, 272
Andō Yoshinori, 17–18
Aṅgulimāla; bio, 213–14; as arhat, 213; and the difficult delivery, 139–40; as mass murderer, 213
Anthology of the Ancestral Hall, 139
Anthology of Yongjia of the Chan School, 279
Aparagodānīya, 35
Arada Kalama, 259
arhat, 147; killing of, 86, 87; offerings to, 106
arjaka tree, 61
Āryadeva (Kānadeva); bio, 214; misc., 183, 217
Āryasiṁha; bio, 214; paying karmic debt, 141
Aśvaghoṣa; bio, 215; misc., 183
attachment; after arrival, 44; to dualistic thought, 15; to food, shelter, and clothing, 63; to liberation, 5; no place for, 62, 63; to no-thought, 35–36; to the relative, 44; and “slaying the mother,” 87; to the teachings, 188; and using things skillfully, 170; to words and concepts, 16
Avalokiteśvara; and Mount Putou
, 40; and a sesame cake, 89, 90; misc., 40, 189, 215
Avataṃsaka Sutra; the four dharma realms of, 136–37; “the Great Sea doesn’t harbor corpses,” 138; and the mind is like an artist, 92; and the six earth-shakings, 148; misc., 40, 90, 135, 168, 185, 188, 218, 230, 232, 255, 257, 267, 269
awareness without thought, marvelous functioning of, 277
awl-point wiles, 128
Azure Palace, 193
Bai Juyi (Governor); bio, 215–16; and Niaoke Daolin, 176
Baiyun Shouduan; bio, 216; and verse on ‘Linji’s three-score blows of the stick’, 167; and Wuzu Fayan, 201; misc., 219, 271
Baizhang Huaihai; bio, 216–17; and the autumn moon turning-phrases, 82; deafened by Mazu’s shout, 151, 179; and the fox, 57; and monastic labor, 105, 216; “no work, no eating,” 105, 216; and Pure Rules for the Zen Community, 216; and teaching through principle, 143; and Mazu’s whisk, 150–51; and the wild ducks, 151; misc., 108, 220, 235, 239, 252, 258, 263, 272, 273, 275
Baizhang Weizheng; bio, 217; and Nanquan Puyuan, 162–63; and the new rice paddy, 92; misc., 162, 225
Bajiao Huiqing; bio, 217; and the staff, 79–80
Baling Haojian; bio, 217; and the clear-eyed person falling into a well, 206
bamboo; hit by Xiangyan’s tile, 49; moving rocks, 208, 209; shades, 59
bandit, 58; heart of, 171; Yantou killed by, 278; see also thief
banner(s); scarlet, 87; signaling a Dharma lecture, 119; in the wind, 86
Baoshou Zhao; bio, 217–18; and striking the clear blue sky, 108, 109
Baozang lun, 261
barbarian; and confusion, 70; has no beard, 101; old, 197, 198; from the south, 241
barefoot Persians, 65, 66; as Bodhidharma, 66
basket(s); bottomless, 98, 99; of silk-growers wives, 49
begging (mendicancy), 177, 266; bowl, 139
Beijian Jujian; bio, 218; verse, 93
being, 184, 193; is beyond merit, 138
being and nonbeing, 54–56, 184, 193; and Dahui, 55; and Shushan, 54–55; and vines, 54–56
bell; announcing mealtime, 47; b. tower, 69; that resounds throughout the universe, 183; and putting on one’s vestment, 130; as a time indicator in the monastery, 159; and Hakuin’s enlightenment, 237
Bhikku Meghaśri; bio, 218; on Wondrous Mountain, 90
Bhishmottaranirghosha, 90
bhūtatathatā, 132
Big Dipper, 120
Biographies of Eminent Monks, 245
Biographies of Monks of the Zen School, 188, 223, 245, 266
bird(s); alighting in front of the blue cliff, 95; with a broken wing, 198; leaves the clouds, 152; unseen, 152
birth-and-death; escaping from, 36; great matter of, 197; and karma-creating activities, 48; misc., 214, 215, 232, 247, 253, 263, 278, 279
blind ass, and Linji’s Dharma, 164
blows; sixty, Huangbo and Linj’s, 107; thirty, of Guishan, 105; three-score, 158, 159, 167; misc., 105, 162, 163, 174, 250
Blue Cliff Record, 3, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 173, 231, 274, 281; Case 1, 75, 197; Case 4, 114; Case 6, 139; Case 8, 91, 184, 246, 264; Case 9, 195; Case 11, 151, 158, 196; Case 12, 74, 159, 173; Case 13, 206; Case 16, 154; Case 17, 169–70; Case 18, 76, 203, 256; Case 19, 80; Case 20, 133; Case 23, 90; Case 24, 174; Case 26, 175; Case 27, 107; Case 28, 80, 163; Case 33, 132, 221; Case 35, 180; Case 36, 165, 171; Case 38, 14, 166; Case 42, 48; Case 43, 166; Case 48, 109, 194, 205; Case 49, 164; Case 51, 143, 197; Case 52, 202; Case 53, 151; Case 55, 60, 77; Case 58, 269; Case 66, 98; Case 76, 225; Case 79, 169; Case 82, 195; Case 84, 101, 102; Case 87, 168; Case 89, 137; Case 90, 91; Case 97, 72, 114; English translations of, 20–21
bo dove, 61
Bo, master craftsman of Lu, 168
board-carrier, 98, 99
bodhi; all the eye perceives is, 178; b. tree, 83, 242, 259; b. meeting, 185
bodhicitta, nature of, 237
Bodhidharma; bio, 218; as barefoot Persian, 66; didn’t come to China, 103; and Emperor Wu; intention expressed through devices, 142; meaning of coming from the West, 37–38, 45, 142, 172; “no merit,” 75; and a pillar tiring, 179; as red-bearded foreigner, 58; true transmission of, 179; misc., 198, 233, 240; see also Patriarch, meaning of coming from the West
Bodhisattva Delusion, 68, 89
bodhisattvas, 147; faces, 71
body and mind, distance between, 134
bowl; begging, 139; brittle, 53; Deshan carries his, 70; and Emperor Taizong, 201; of water, 129, 205, 214; misc., 47, 48
boxwood Zen, 55–56
Boyi and Shuqi, not eating the grain of Zhou, 99
Brahma Heaven, 68; Lord of, 187
Brahma Net Sutra, 71
bridge, Zhaozhou’s stone, 202
Buddha; and Aṅgulimāla, 139–40; birth verse, 104; Great Purpose of, 125; pointing to the earth and sky at birth, 103; realm of B. versus realm of Mara, 123, 125; relics of, 194–95; relics, light of, 194–95; as represented by garuḍa, 181; requiting the benevolence of, 104; seeking nothing from, 78, 196; supernatural powers, 148; teaching expressed through reason, 142; in the Trāyastrimśa Heaven, 117, 118; never turning the Dharma wheel, 80; misc., 136, 180, 280; see also Śākyamuni
buddha(s); becoming a b. by sitting in zazen, 122; concept of, 194; inherently perfect b., 146; and “not knowing it,” 83; b. lands, 165; is not limited to any fixed form, 122; as medicine for sentient beings, 125; is the Mind King, 234; b. names, 165; offerings to, 106; place from which all b. come, 92; realm of, 123, 125, 187; seven b. of the past, 89; shedding the blood of a, 86, 87; of the ten directions, 68; thirty-two distinguishing characteristics of a, 117, 118, 204; three bodies of a, 43; is this very mind, 35, 101, 224, 227, 232, 234, 263
Buddha Flower Adornment Samadhi, 185
buddha image, Danxia Tianran’s burning of, 64
buddha nature, 5, 65, 66, 83, 122, 180, 183; of a dog, 65
Buddha of Great Universal Wisdom Excellence, 69
Buddhadharma, 66, 69, 135, 151, 167; central teaching of, 176; Huangbo’s, 157; is like the moon in the water, 284; true meaning of, 156, 157, 167
buddhahood, 72, 81, 101, 189, 199; intrinsic, 146; no thought of seeking, 48; seeing self-nature and attaining b., 206
buddha-mind, as springless lock, 78
buffalo; and Guishan’s rebirth, 73, 75; and Nanquan’s death, 208, 255; Fu Dashi riding on, 233; passing through a lattice window, 43; and the “person who knows it,” 91; as symbol of self-nature, 206; chasing Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra into a herd of, 166
bull, white, on the bare ground, 220
Burton Watson, 22
cakravartin (wheel king), 118, 128, 129
Caodong school; and Longya Judun, 133; Wuzu Fayan’s comment on, 86; misc., 219, 222, 225, 229, 231, 257
Caoshan Benji; bio, 219; and the Great Sea not harboring corpses, 138; and Qingshui, 102; and the snow on the mountains, 42; misc., 229, 266
Caoxi, 94
carp, of the Eastern Sea, 121
Categorized Anthology of the Zen Forest, 204
cats, 83
cause and effect; and people of true practice, 57–58; as one of Daitō’s three questions, 100
center, hold to the, 72, 73
Chaling Yu; bio, 219; enlightenment verse, 201; misc., 216
Changqing Huileng; bio, 219; and his staff, 203
Changqing Huileng; bio, 219–20; and sitting like a burnt stump, 219–20; misc., 230
Changqing Lan’an (Guishan Lan’an); bio, 220; being and nonbeing, 54–56; and Lu Gen laughing and crying, 173; and vines clinging to a tree, 54–56
Changsha Jingcen; bio, 220; and “the entire universe is your body,” 221; and the “Hundred-foot Pole” koan, 49; and the moon, 171; and Nanquan’s death, 208; and “not knowing it,” 83; and original emptiness, 141; and Yangshan Huiji, 171; misc., 238, 255
Changsheng Jiaoran; bio, 221; and Lingyun’s “a pillar conceives,” 41
Changshui Zixuan; bio, 221; and pure, original nature, 180; misc., 247
> checking questions, 5
Chen Cao; bio, 221; calling to monks from a tower, 132
chestnut burr, 55, 56
chicken, from Chu, 120
Chinese calendar, eight divisions of, 187
Chouyan Liaoyun; bio, 221; on Zhaozhou’s “Wu” koan, 65
Chronicles of the Shin Dynasty, 61
Chuandeng yuying ji (Precious flowers of the lamp transmission), 270
Chuanzi Decheng (Boatman Monk); bio, 221; and the dharmakāya is without form, 200; and Jiashan’s enlightenment, 244
Ciming, see Shishuang Chuyuan
circle-figures, 189–90, 225, 277; six names of, 190–91; text on, 190
citta, 130
clear eyes, see eyes, clear
clear-eyed, 87, 126; master, 143; monk, 184; a c. person falls into a well, 206, 217
clouds; bird leaves the, 152; blocking the valley, 144; marking the Great Pure Sky, 41
Cockfoot Mountain, 175
Collected Poems of Cold Mountain, 205
compassion; Avalokiteśvara as a symbol of, 215; the Buddha’s, 228; in demonstrating the Ten Realizations, 199; falling into hell as an act of, 40; of Fu Dashi, 234; as a fundamental aspect of Zen training, 151; of the head monk toward Linji, 156; and the mind of the ancient buddhas, 230; of Nanyuan’s stick, 154; of a parent, 152, 171; Samantabhadra as a symbol of, 166
Compendium of the Five Lamps (Wudeng huiyuan), 10, 17, 49, 81, 87, 95, 105, 109, 133, 151, 178, 208, 209, 223; and exclamation ni, 62
Comprehensive Record of Yunmen, 90
Comprehensive Treatise on the Avataṃsaka Sutra, 247
conduct, four modes of, 129
Confucius, 44, 111; hear of the Way in the morning, 97
consciousness; as apart from Mind-essence, 263; deluded, 65; all dharmas are nothing but, 230; essence of, 64; karmic, 65, 179; levels of, 130; as the Matrix of the Thus-Come-One, 180; as one of the skandas, 93; and the realm of formlessness, 205; storehouse, 42, 130; and Yogācāra, 42
continents (northern, eastern, western, and southern; Pūrvavideha, Aparagodānīya, Uttarakuru, Jambudvīpa), 35, 129, 182
corpses, not harbored in the Great Sea, 138
court monk,141, 142, 205, 238
crimes, five heinous, 86–87; meaning of to Linji, 87
Cui Hao; bio, 222; and “The Yellow Crane Pavilion,” 165
Cui Langzhong; bio, 222; and enlightened teachers falling into hell, 40
Cuiwei Wuxue; hitting Longya with a meditation-brace, 133; misc., 249, 269
Cuiyan Lingcan, 246, 279