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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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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, Avalokiteshvara, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 07 2014 PM No Abode Hermitage
The Stone Bridge of Joshu Blue Cliff Record, Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, stubbornness, Tassajara Zen...	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, Avalokiteshvara...	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 19 2014 ADZG Temple
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 ADZG Temple
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 ADZG Temple
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 ADZG Temple
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 ADZG Temple
September 20th, 2013, Serial No. 00312 Avalokiteshvara, 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, training...	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 ADZG Temple
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 ADZG Temple
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, resistance, Commitment, Teacher-and-Student, Silence,...	David Weinberg	Sep 17 2011
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, Aspects of Practice, causation, Continuous Practice...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Aug 28 2011 ADZG Temple
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 ADZG Temple
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
Things I Have Faith In Right Effort, Blue Cliff Record, Oneness, New Year, Big Mind, Samadhi, resistance,...	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, true dharma...	Catherine Cascade	Oct 24 2009 1
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side H American, Monastic Practice, training, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture,...		Aug 28 2009
Entering The Dragons Cave Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, Monastic Practice, War, Enemies,...	Linda Galijan	Aug 01 2009
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, resistance, Building	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Sep 06 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
June 7th, 2008, Serial No. 01137 Discrimination, Five Ranks, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Impermanence,...		Jun 07 2008
May 24th, 2008, Serial No. 01135 Practice Period, Manjushri, Attachment, Blue Cliff Record, Separation, Instruction,...		May 24 2008
February 17th, 2008, Serial No. 01115 Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Impermanence, Funeral, Gratitude,...		Feb 17 2008
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
2007.03.26-serial.00215 Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Thich Nhat Hanh, realization, Sangha	Edward Brown	Mar 26 2007
The Teachings of Chao Chou Serial: SF-00927 Sunday Lecture: the stories of Chao Chou; Hsin Hsin Ming - koan("I alone am the World-Honored One"); mu - cutting through yes and no; not holding to preferences Discrimination, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha's Birthday, Ordinary Mind, Buddha...	Kokyo Henkel	Mar 11 2007 Green Gulch
September 24th, 2006, Serial No. 01388 Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra...		Sep 24 2006
August 12th, 2006, Serial No. 01178 Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,...		Aug 12 2006
June 3rd, 2006, Serial No. 01238 Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Funeral, Practice Period, Commitment,...		Jun 03 2006
April 29th, 2006, Serial No. 04332 Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Building, Practice Period	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 29 2006
March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00055, Side A Silent Illumination, Letting Go, Ceremony, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record...		Mar 2006
March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00056 Silent Illumination, Hongzhi, Book of Serenity, Nirvana, Blue Cliff Record		Mar 2006
September 10th, 2005, Serial No. 01187 Bowing, Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Fox, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...		Sep 10 2005
April 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 01317 Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Book of Serenity...		Apr 02 2005
Shuso Talk Serial: SF-01924 #shuso-talk Sesshin 1 Day 3 - Practice Period led by Sojun Roshi Practice Period, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Silent Illumination,...	Zenshin Greg Fain	Jan 27 2005 Tassajara
January 27th, 2005, Serial No. 00595 Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Way, Silent...		Jan 27 2005
Status Serial: SF-01096 Sunday Lecture: status games in conversation, hard-wired, power, humor, reversal of status, Marx Bros, Don Rickles, court fools, Dr Zhivago, improv. changing of roles, status... Ego, Practice Period, Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Half-Smile, Mill Valley, Monastic...	Daigan Lueck	Dec 26 2004 Green Gulch
November 4th, 2004, Serial No. 01028, Side A Five Ranks, Heart Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Aspects of Practice, Blue Cliff...		Nov 04 2004
September 8th, 2004, Serial No. 01109 Blue Cliff Record, Delusion, Commitment, Sangha, Patience, Forgiveness, Teacher-and-...	Jeffrey Schneider	Sep 08 2004 City Center

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