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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 Song period work 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
Everyone Has a Light Blue Cliff Record, Duality, Oneness, Practice Period, Passions, Four Noble Truths,...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	Nov 15 2014
Navigating Zen Through Dharma Gates Pain, Suzuki Roshi, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 10 2014
Pick Up a Speck of Dust Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, First Principle, Blue Cliff Record, Peace, Constancy,...	Laurie Senauke	Oct 18 2014
From Where Does an Appropriate Response Emerge? Cultivation, Perfect Wisdom, Karmic Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Perfect...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 12 2014 AM No Abode Hermitage
Listening, Training, Hearing and Liberation Discrimination, Enlightenment, Compassion, Study, Delusion, Discrimination, Non-...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 09 2014 PM No Abode Hermitage
Fayen’s Good Friendship Perfect Wisdom, Perfect Wisdom, Avalokitesvara, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Daily...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 07 2014 PM No Abode Hermitage
The Stone Bridge of Joshu Blue Cliff Record, Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 31 2014
Bodhidharma's Nothing Holy Serial: TL-00336 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Shuso Ceremony, Avalokitesvara...	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 19 2014 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Blue Cliff Record Case 2 Serial: BZ-02365 Shuso talk BCR-2, Attachment, Blue Cliff Record, Ordinary Mind, Lineage, Daily Life, Practice...	John Mogey	May 17 2014
Foundational Zen Stories Serial: TL-00322 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Platform Sutra, Tozan	Taigen Dan Leighton	Feb 09 2014 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Zen Attire: Koans in Practice Serial: RB-04175 Sesshin Koan, Practice, Blue Cliff Record	Zentatsu Richard Baker	2014 Johanneshof
Zhaozhou and the Cypress Tree Serial: TL-00317 Thursday Rohatsu Sesshin, Dharma Talk Bodhidharma, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Intention, Practice Period...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Dec 05 2013 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Zhaozhou Asks About Breakfast Serial: TL-00316 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Peace, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Joshu, Bowing	Taigen Dan Leighton	Dec 02 2013 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha Serial: TL-00313 ADZG Sesshin, Dharma Talk Blue Cliff Record, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Book of Serenity...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Oct 26 2013 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
September 20th, 2013, Serial No. 00312 Avalokitesvara, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Zazengi		Sep 20 2013
Blue Cliff Record Case 14 BCR-14, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Practice Position, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 13 2013
I've long heard there is no Zen in India Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Humility, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 17 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Snow in a Silver Bowl; Sameness and Difference Serial: TL-00292 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Oneness, Attachment, Blue Cliff Record, Five Ranks, Demons	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 22 2013 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Imagination's Liberation in Zen Practice Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Nature	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 24 2012
Zazen and Willingness Ego, Posture, Blue Cliff Record, Silence, Instruction, Offering, Dharma Transmission...	Mary Mocine	Jul 14 2012
Establishing an Atom of Dust Serial: TL-00263 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go, Bodhidharma, Vinaya, Intimacy	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jun 04 2012 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
January 5th, 2012, Serial No. 00250 Book of Serenity, Ordination, Rinzai, Blue Cliff Record, Priest		Jan 05 2012
November 12th, 2011, Serial No. 00245 Letting Go, Faith, Blue Cliff Record, Shikantaza, Lotus Sutra		Nov 12 2011
Surrender Blue Cliff Record, Oneness, Commitment, Teacher-and-Student, Silence, Intimacy,...	David Weinberg	Sep 17 2011
Xiang Yan hears the sound of stones striking bamboo Duality, Storehouse Consciousness, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 10 2011 Morning
Xiang Yan hears the sound of stones striking bamboo Duality, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Koan, Commitment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 10 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Zenki and Shoji Serial: BZ-02201 Part 2 of 4, study sesshin Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Samsara, Nirvana, Impermanence, Liberation,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 03 2011 2
Zen Koans from Yogi Berra Serial: TL-00241 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Blue Cliff Record, Five Ranks, Causation, Continuous Practice	Taigen Dan Leighton	Aug 28 2011 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Opening Reality and Returning to the Source Serial: TL-00237 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Buddha Ancestors, Blue Cliff Record, Rumi, Letting Go, Parinirvana	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jul 25 2011 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
A Remembrance of Rebecca Mayeno Serial: BZ-02145 Rohatsu Day 3 Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Conversation, Priest, Lay, Forgiveness, Fox, Funeral...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 07 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Things I Have Faith In Right Effort, Blue Cliff Record, Oneness, New Year, Big Mind, Samadhi, Silence, Evil...	Meghan Collins	Aug 21 2010
Tao Wu's Condolence Call Serial: BZ-02064 Shuso talk Practice Period, Teacher-and-Student, Impermanence, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy,...	Catherine Cascade	Nov 07 2009 2
Tao Wu's Condolence Call Serial: BZ-02062 Shuso talk Blue Cliff Record, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Cultivation...	Catherine Cascade	Oct 24 2009 1
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side H Serial: BZ-01549H Last talk of afternoon session and discussion with panelists and audience Soto Zen, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Religion, Four...	Robert Sharf and rest of panelists	Aug 29 2009 8 University of California at Berkeley
Entering The Dragons Cave Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, Monastic Practice, War, Enemies,...	Linda Galijan	Aug 01 2009
Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-02031 Bansan Blue Cliff Record, Zazen, Posture, Building, Emotions, Beginners, Religion	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Tao Wu's Condolence Call Blue Cliff Record, Birth-and-Death, Offering, Duality, Buddha Nature, Funeral,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 15 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Body Exposed in the Golden Wind: Case 27, Blue cliff Record; Serial No. 01157 Serial: BZ-01157 Saturday talk. BCR-27, Blue Cliff Record, Global Warming, Building	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Sep 06 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Medicine and Disease Serial: BZ-01137 Saturday Lecture Discrimination, Five Ranks, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Impermanence,...	Gerry Oliva	Jun 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #87, Right Medicine, Right Teacher: Unmon’s “Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other” Serial: BZ-01135 Saturday lecture Practice Period, Manjushri, Attachment, Blue Cliff Record, Separation, Instruction,...	Gerry Oliva	May 24 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #55: Dao Wu’s Condolence Call; the Great Matter, a Natural Koan Serial: BZ-01115 Sesshin day 2 Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Impermanence, Funeral, Gratitude,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 17 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Illumination of Zazen Serial: BZ-01099 Absorption in the Treasury of Light, Rohatsu Day 1 Zazen, Blue Cliff Record, Silent Illumination, Light-and-Darkness, Samadhi, Manjushri...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Serial: BZ-00994B Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Tenzo Kyokun, Ego, Monastic Practice, Concentration, Anger, Blue Cliff Record,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Imperfection on the Spiritual Path Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Thich Nhat Hanh, Realization, Sangha	Edward Brown	Mar 26 2007
Women’s Practice: Falling into the *** Hole Serial: BZ-01388 Women's Sitting Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Sep 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #55: “Alive or Dead?” Remembering John King Serial: BZ-01178 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,...	Mary Mocine	Aug 12 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record #90: Her Koan — Chih Men’s Body of Wisdom Serial: BZ-01238 Saturday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Funeral, Practice Period, Commitment,...	Karen Sundheim	Jun 05 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjo Koan as a Verb Dogen, Delusion, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Building, Practice Period	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 29 2006 City Center
March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00056 Silent Illumination, Hongzhi, Book of Serenity, Nirvana, Blue Cliff Record		Mar 2006
March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00055, Side A Silent Illumination, Letting Go, Ceremony, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record...		Mar 2006

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