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The Blue Cliff Record (Chinese: 碧巖錄; pinyin: Bìyán Lù; Japanese: 碧巌録; rōmaji: Hekiganroku; Korean: 벽암록; romaja: Byeokamrok; Vietnamese: Bích nham lục) is a collection of Chan Buddhist kōans originally compiled in Song China in 1125, during the reign of Emperor Huizong, and then expanded into its present form by Chan master Yuanwu Keqin (1063–1135; Japanese pronunciation: Engo).

The book includes Yuanwu's annotations and commentary on 100 Verses on Old Cases (頌古百則), a compilation of 100 kōans collected by Xuedou Chongxian (980–1052; 雪竇重顯, Setcho). Xuedou selected 82 of these from The Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, with the remainder selected from the Yunmen Guanglu (雲門廣録, Extensive Record of Yunmen Wenyan, 864–949).

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Title	Speaker	Date
May 30th, 2004, Serial No. 00081 Ordinary Mind, Letting Go, Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Faith		May 30 2004
March 15th, 2004, Serial No. 01021, Side B Blue Cliff Record, Precepts, Commitment, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Manjushri...		Mar 15 2004
February 28th, 2004, Serial No. 01252 Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Conversation, Karmic Consciousness, Culture,...		Feb 28 2004
Sesshin Lecture Precepts, Ceremony, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Offering, Separation, Faith,...	Meiya Wender	Oct 29 2003 Tassajara
September 21st, 2003, Serial No. 01359 Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission, Mindfulness,...		Sep 21 2003
On Death: After the Passing of Butch Balyut Serial: BZ-01358 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Priest, Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 20 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case # 82 Serial: BZ-01349C Eternal Moment: Time, Transformation and Two Truths, Saturday Lecture Time, Two Truths, BCR-82, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Blue Cliff Record, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 19 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
June 14th, 2003, Serial No. 00136 Lay, Rinzai, Avalokiteshvara, Blue Cliff Record, Priest		Jun 14 2003
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-00953 Witch puppet started giving the talk, humorous. Why do we practice? Because we are dissatisfied. Halloween, Seijiki, legend of Seijiki, general dharma talk - impermanence,... Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Attachment, Hate, Emptiness, Demons, Greed...	Daigan Lueck	Oct 27 2002 Green Gulch
August 22nd, 2002, Serial No. 00481 Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Manjushri, Birth-and-Death,...		Aug 22 2002
Wednesday Lecture Serial: SF-01051 A sense of place, a valley of ancestors, apprentices finding their place, Harry Roberts' last remarks, 500-year view, mastodon tooth, mountains and rivers, walking mindfully,... Blue Cliff Record, Dragons, Bell, Practice Period, zen meditation, Commitment,...	Wendy Johnson	Jul 10 2002 Green Gulch
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01085 Tuesday: Keizan Jokin, legitimate lineage, mind seal, hagiography, Keizan brought zen to the people, Shakyamuni's story Lineage, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Faith, Monastic...	Daigan Lueck	Apr 30 2002 Green Gulch
April 13th, 2002, Serial No. 03930 Impermanence, Blue Cliff Record, Hate, Non-violence, Birth-and-Death, Vows, Precepts...	Teah Strozer	Apr 13 2002 City Center
April 13th, 2002, Serial No. 00067 Blue Cliff Record, Nirvana, Posture, Practice Period, Demons		Apr 13 2002
Sunday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, realization, Delusion, Nirvana, Right Speech, true dharma,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 10 2002 Green Gulch
Tenth Precept Serial: BZ-00140B "Shoes Outside the Door", Saturday Lecture Precepts, Richard Baker, Religion, Sangha, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Intuition...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 09 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen and Poetry Class Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Duality, Absolute-and-Relative, Impermanence, Aspects...	Daigan Lueck	Feb 19 2002 Green Gulch
February 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00062, Side B uchiyama, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen Mind, Book of Serenity, soto, Dragons,...		Feb 09 2002
October 13th, 2001, Serial No. 04345 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Echo, Tassajara		Oct 13 2001
September 30th, 2001, Serial No. 00092, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Aspects of Practice, Vows, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period,...		Sep 30 2001
August 25th, 2001, Serial No. 00088, Side A Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations, Book of Serenity, Transmission, Dharma...		Aug 25 2001
Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha Serial: BZ-00123B Saturday Lecture Buddha, Koan, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Thoroughness, Priest, Ordinary Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 18 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
July 13th, 2000, Serial No. 00853 Silent Illumination, Lineage, Doubt, Dharma Transmission, Buddha's Birthday,...		Jul 13 2000
July 6th, 2000, Serial No. 00854 Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Lay, Intimacy, Practice...		Jul 06 2000
June 24th, 2000, Serial No. 00160, Side B Posture, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Priest-and-Lay, Instruction, Building, Lay,...		Jun 24 2000
Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Don't Know Mind, Silence, Karma,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 23 2000 Green Gulch
2000.03.28-serial.00007 Beginners, Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Priest	Edward Brown	Mar 28 2000
March 25th, 2000, Serial No. 00207, Side A Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, soto, Soto Zen, Rinzai,...		Mar 25 2000
Stepping Down Ceremony Serial: SF-03130 "Starts Here" Blue Cliff Record, Ceremony, realization, Gratitude, Lineage, Letting Go, Faith,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 12 2000 City Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00202A Zen Words, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Branching Streams, Blue Cliff Record, Don't Know...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
January Practice Period Class Emptiness, Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Blue Cliff Record, Posture, Two...	Daigan Lueck	Jan 15 2000 Green Gulch
October 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01114 realization, Blue Cliff Record, Faith, Soto Zen, Religion, Peace, Sangha, resistance...	Jeffrey Schneider	Oct 23 1999 Unknown
October 10th, 1999, Serial No. 00196, Side B Posture, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Harmonizing, Nirvana, War,...		Oct 10 1999
September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00861 Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...		Sep 23 1999
September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01541 Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...		Sep 23 1999
Blue Cliff Record: Case #50 Serial: BZ-00195A Um-mon's “Particle after Particle Samadhi”, Saturday Lecture Ummon, Samadhi, BCR-50, Attachment, Samadhi, Emotions, Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 11 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Class Serial: SF-00068 67th Case: Mahasattva Fu Expounds the Scripture; single-point samadhi. Concentration, Repentance, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Interview, Manjushri,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 22 1999
April 1st, 1999, Serial No. 00836 Lotus Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha Nature...		Apr 01 1999
1998.12.16-serial.00058 Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara, soto,...	Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
September 27th, 1998, Serial No. 00156 Harmonizing, Attachment, Building, Blue Cliff Record, Vimalakirti		Sep 27 1998
September 27th, 1998, Serial No. 00157 Harmonizing, Attachment, Building, Blue Cliff Record, Thich Nhat Hanh		Sep 27 1998
Sunday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Commitment, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Aug 30 1998 Green Gulch
Just Let Go Serial: SF-03109 Sunday Lecture: (According to the Buddha), the way to be happy is simple: just let go. Letting go is hard to do. Human mind wants to hold. We could say we are nothing but... Letting Go, resistance, Buddha's Birthday, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 08 1998 Green Gulch
One-day Sitting Lecture Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 15 1997 Green Gulch
Chao Chou's Four Gates Serial: SF-03239 Sunday Lecture: case 9 of the Blue Cliff Record: "What is Chao Chou?" "East gate, west gate, south gate, north gate" Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Suzuki Roshi,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 19 1997 Green Gulch
What Is The Ember You Carry With You? Serial: SF-00086 One Day Sit Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Non-duality, Fox, Bodhidharma, First Principle,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Sep 27 1997
August 2nd, 1997, Serial No. 00318, Side B Blue Cliff Record, Mindfulness, Sixth Patriarch, Culture, American, Emotions,...		Aug 02 1997
July 31st, 1997, Serial No. 00841 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Precepts, Nirvana,...		Jul 31 1997
July 19th, 1997, Serial No. 00317, Side B Bell, Blue Cliff Record, training, Four Noble Truths, Oneness, Chanting, Tassajara,...		Jul 19 1997
September 21st, 1996, Serial No. 00791, Side A Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Culture, Intuition, resistance, Practice Period...		Sep 21 1996

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