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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
Book of Serenity Case #7: On Thinking “Inside the Box” Serial: BZ-01187 Saturday Lecture Bowing, Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Fox, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Peter Overton	Sep 10 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Love in the Context of Practice: Turning Toward, Not Away Serial: BZ-01317 Saturday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Book of Serenity...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 02 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00595 Shuso talk, sesshin 1, day 3 Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Way, Silent...	Greg Fain	Jan 27 2005 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Aspects of Practice: Tozan Serial: BZ-01028A Class 2 of 4 Lineage, Five Ranks, Heart Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Blue Cliff Record,...	Ross Blum	Nov 04 2004 2 Berkeley Zen Center
July 2004 talk, Serial No. 00107 Kinhin, Doubt, Blue Cliff Record, Platform Sutra, Bell		Jul 2004
May 30th, 2004, Serial No. 00081 Ordinary Mind, Letting Go, Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Faith		May 30 2004
As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #14 Nanchuan Kills the Cat Serial: BZ-01021B Class 4 of 4 Blue Cliff Record, Precepts, Commitment, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Manjushri...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 15 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #15: Giving and Receiving Serial: BZ-01252 Saturday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Conversation, Karmic Consciousness, Culture,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Feb 28 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
February 2004 talk, Serial No. 03183 Blue Cliff Record, Emptiness, Culture	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 2004
Things Change: Butch Serial: BZ-01359 Women's Sitting Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission...	Mary Mocine	Sep 21 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Suramgama Sutra Serial: BZ-00481 Class 1 of 4 Koan, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Manjushri, Birth-and-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Aug 22 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
April 13th, 2002, Serial No. 00067 Blue Cliff Record, Nirvana, Posture, Practice Period, Demons		Apr 13 2002
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
Zazen: It’s Good For Nothing, Thief in an Empty Room Serial: BZ-00062B Lecture Uchiyama, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen Mind, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Dragons,...	Mary Mocine	Feb 09 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra's Zen Ecology Awakening Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain...		Oct 13 2001
Aspects of Practice: Opening Day Serial: BZ-00092B One Day Sitting Vow, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Culture, Harmonizing, Bowing, Heart Sutra,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 30 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Study as Practice Serial: BZ-00088A Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Transmission,...	Lee DeBarros	Aug 25 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Women Ancestors Class Serial: BZ-00853 Class 2 of 4 Silent Illumination, Lineage, Doubt, Dharma Transmission, Buddha's Birthday,...	Mary Mocine and Grace Schireson	Jul 13 2000 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Woman Ancestors Class Serial: BZ-00854 Class 1 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Lay, Intimacy, Practice...	Mary Mocine and Grace Schireson	Jul 06 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Sixteen Foot Golden Body of Budddha Posture, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Priest-and-Lay, Instruction, Building, Lay,...	Ross Blum	Jun 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Don't Know Mind, Silence, Karma,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 23 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Embracing Openness Through Partnership Beginners, Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Priest	Edward Brown	Mar 28 2000
Joshua’s Use of 24 Hours Serial: BZ-00207A Sesshin Day Two Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Concentration,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 25 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Sitting in the Flow of Now Shikantaza, Posture, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 17 2000
February 17th, 2000, Serial No. 02943 Emptiness, Duality, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 17 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
Beginners’ Sesshin: Review of Guidelines, Sitting for World Day of Peace, and Lecture Posture, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Harmonizing, Nirvana, War,...	Ross Blum	Oct 10 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00861 Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...		Sep 23 1999
September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01541 Five Ranks, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...		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
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00836 The first in a series of five classes on the Lotus Sutra taught by Ryuei Michael McCormick, a teacher in the Nichiren tradition, and sponsored by Maylie Scott. ... Lotus Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha Nature...	Ryuei Michael McCormick	Apr 01 1999 1 of 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen...	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 Farm
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, Buddha's Birthday, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Freedom, Faith,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 08 1998 Green Gulch Farm
One-day Sitting Lecture Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm
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 Farm
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
Sun Buddha, Moon Buddha Blue Cliff Record, Mindfulness, Sixth Patriarch, Culture, American, Emotions,...	Ron Nestor	Aug 02 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00841 Class 4 of 4 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Precepts, Nirvana,...	Ross Blum	Jul 31 1997 4 Berkeley Zen Center
An Appropriate Response Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Oneness, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 19 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Just This (Is It): Tozan’s Enlightenment Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Culture, Intuition, Practice Period, Intimacy,...	Peter Overton	Sep 21 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #18 Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, First Principle, Dharma Transmission,...	Steve Proskauer	Jun 29 1996 Berkeley Zen Center

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