Blue Cliff Record Talks
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).
Showing 229 talks
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June 29th, 1996, Serial No. 00799, Side A Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, First Principle, true dharma, Dharma... |
Jun 29 1996 |
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May 18th, 1996, Serial No. 00803, Side A Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, soto, Lineage, Birth-and-Death, Offering, Rinzai... |
May 18 1996 |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-03572 Includes Q&A Blue Cliff Record, Evil, Absolute-and-Relative, Religion, Don't Know Mind,... |
Mar 17 1996 Green Gulch |
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BodhidharmaSerial: SF-03627 Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, Triple Treasure, Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue... |
Oct 01 1995 Green Gulch |
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August 5th, 1995, Serial No. 00827, Side A zen meditation, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Blue Cliff Record, Mundane Life,... |
Aug 05 1995 |
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Five Attributes of a TeacherSerial: SF-03218 One-day sitting Book of Serenity, Teacher-and-Student, Humility, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go,... |
Jul 15 1995 Green Gulch |
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May 17th, 1995, Serial No. 01073Serial: SF-01073 NB - no cassette visible in photo Fox, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi,... |
May 17 1995 Unknown |
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February 25th, 1995, Serial No. 00913, Side B Happiness, Blue Cliff Record, Separation, Interview, Buddha Nature, Attachment,... |
Feb 25 1995 |
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December 6th, 1994, Serial No. 00952, Side A Blue Cliff Record, Echo, Samadhi, Bell, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Gratitude, Silence,... |
Dec 06 1994 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #86Serial: BZ-00957A Saturday Lecture BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Gaining Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Duality, Blue Cliff... |
Oct 15 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's PoemSerial: BZ-00962B No Gap; Don't Objectify, Saturday Lecture Tozan Ryokai, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Practice Period, Subject-and-Object,... |
Apr 16 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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April 14th, 1994, Serial No. 00231 American, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Interdependence, Happiness, Mahayana,... |
Apr 14 1994 |
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April 2nd, 1994, Serial No. 00962, Side A Ordinary Mind, First Principle, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Bodhidharma,... |
Apr 02 1994 |
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March 20th, 1994, Serial No. 00963, Side A Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, resistance, Posture, Silence, Intuition, Chanting,... |
Mar 20 1994 |
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September 11th, 1993, Serial No. 00629, Side B Dragons, Blue Cliff Record, Enemies, Instruction, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra,... |
Sep 11 1993 |
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1993.06.30-serial.00282 Blue Cliff Record, Sutra, Sesshin, Offering, Religion |
Jun 30 1993 |
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May 29th, 1993, Serial No. 00667, Side A Bodhidharma, Eka, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Practice Period,... |
May 29 1993 |
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May 8th, 1993, Serial No. 00665, Side A Bodhidharma, Family Practice, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission,... |
May 08 1993 |
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September 17th, 1992, Serial No. 00610 Mahayana, Mindfulness, Silence, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice, Blue Cliff... |
Sep 17 1992 |
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April 2nd, 1992, Serial No. 00604 Heart Sutra, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Five Ranks, Transmission,... |
Apr 02 1992 |
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March 26th, 1992, Serial No. 00603 Platform Sutra, Branching Streams, Four Noble Truths, Perfect Wisdom, Sixth Patriarch... |
Mar 26 1992 |
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Vimalakirti Sutra; SufferingSerial: BZ-00706B Rohatsu Day 3 Vimalakirti, Suffering, Duality, Manjushri, Oneness, Non-duality, Silence, Blue Cliff... |
Dec 03 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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1991.07.25-serial.00105 realization, Avalokiteshvara, Blue Cliff Record, Posture, Thich Nhat Hanh |
Jul 25 1991 |
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January 5th, 1991, Serial No. 00687, Side A confusion, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Evil, Aspects of Practice, Silence, Right... |
Jan 05 1991 |
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Zendo Talk Daily Life, Blue Cliff Record, Delusion, realization, Rinzai, Karma, Ceremony, Sangha... |
Nov 22 1989 Unknown |
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Mumonkan Case #25 Mahayana, realization, Samadhi, Blue Cliff Record, Rinzai, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Oct 03 1989 Unknown |
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Five-day Sesshin Dragons, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, First Principle, Zendo,... |
Aug 30 1989 Unknown |
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Going Beyond Limitations Blue Cliff Record, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, First Principle, Dharma Transmission... |
Aug 28 1989 Green Gulch |
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July 15th, 1989, Serial No. 00379, Side A Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Echo, Bowing... |
Jul 15 1989 |
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Sunday Lecture Mill Valley, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Liberation, Harmonizing, Zendo... |
Jul 09 1989 Green Gulch |
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June 19th, 1988, Serial No. 00826 Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Posture, Vows, Anger,... |
Jun 19 1988 |
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Where the Hubless Active Wheel TurnsSerial: BZ-00897B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Bell, Separation... |
May 14 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 21st, 1988, Serial No. 01499 Blue Cliff Record, Lotus Sutra, Enemies, Concentration, Separation, Posture, Ego... |
Feb 21 1988 |
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1984.02.13-serial.00311 Delusion, Blue Cliff Record, Freedom, Intimacy, Intention |
Feb 13 1984 |
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March 11th, 1978, Serial No. 00572, Side A Big Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Dharmakaya, Dragons |
Mar 11 1978 |
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June 12th, 1976, Serial No. 00023 Truth, Concentration, Blue Cliff Record, Sesshin, Samadhi |
Jun 12 1976 |
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February 15th, 1976, Serial No. 00059 Tozan, Fox, Posture, causation, Blue Cliff Record |
Feb 15 1976 |
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February 15th, 1976, Serial No. 00302 Posture, causation, Tozan, Fox, Blue Cliff Record |
Feb 15 1976 |
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September 3rd, 1975, Serial No. 00554 Chanting, Breath, Continuous, Thoroughness, Blue Cliff Record |
Sep 03 1975 |
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August 31st, 1975, Serial No. 00344 Blue Cliff Record, Posture, Baso, Instruction, Dragons |
Aug 31 1975 |
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October 29th, 1974, Serial No. 00209 Tozan, Blue Cliff Record, Sixth Patriarch, Lineage, Tozan Ryokai |
Oct 29 1974 |
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October 29th, 1974, Serial No. 00527 Tozan, Blue Cliff Record, Sixth Patriarch, Lineage, Tozan Ryokai |
Oct 29 1974 |
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October 21st, 1974, Serial No. 00524 Ceremony, Zendo, Dragons, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record |
Oct 21 1974 |
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August 15th, 1974, Serial No. 00521 Blue Cliff Record, Bodhisattva Vow, Separation, Joshu |
Aug 15 1974 |
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March 25th, 1973, Serial No. 00299 Doubt, Ego, Blue Cliff Record, Lay Ordination, Heart Sutra |
Mar 25 1973 |
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December 3rd, 1972, Serial No. 00320 Joshu, Blue Cliff Record, Discrimination, Tozan, Delusion |
Dec 03 1972 |
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Blue Cliff Records 61 - Fuketsu's One Particle Of DustBlue Cliff Record, Breath, Constancy, Freedom, Faith, Diversity, Greed, Religion,... |
Jul 26 1971 Tassajara |
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Blue Cliff Records-43Serial: SR-00032 Tozan's hot and cold. Blue Cliff Record, Emptiness, Pain, Monks, difficulty, Forms, Hate, Commitment,... |
Jul 26 1969 Tassajara |
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Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced BuddhaSerial: SR-00009 Sunday, March 9, 1969 Koan story of sun-faced buddha, moon-faced buddha. Practicing while well or while sick. Accepting what we don't like.... Baso, Koan, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Composure, Discrimination, difficulty,... |
Mar 09 1969 Sokoji |
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Inner Power of PracticeSerial: SF-05137A SR017 - Track 1 - slow - Roshi Lecture - 12/2/67 - afternoon - copied Sesshin, Blue Cliff Record, Concentration, Precepts, Monastic Practice, New Year,... |
Dec 02 1967 Tassajara |
