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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
Just This (Is It): Tozan’s Enlightenment Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Culture, Intuition, resistance, Practice Period...	Peter Overton	Sep 21 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #18 Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, First Principle, true dharma, Dharma...	Steve Proskauer	Jun 29 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Tung Shan’s Poem Serial: BZ-00803A Shusho talk #1 Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Soto Zen, Lineage, Birth-and-Death, Offering,...	Ross Blum	May 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-03572 Includes Q&A Blue Cliff Record, Evil, Absolute-and-Relative, Religion, Don't Know Mind,...	Robert Thurman	Mar 17 1996 Green Gulch
Bodhidharma Serial: SF-03627 Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 01 1995 Green Gulch
Self Healing zen meditation, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Blue Cliff Record, Mundane Life,...	Darlene Cohen	Aug 05 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Five Attributes of a Teacher Serial: SF-03218 One-day sitting Book of Serenity, Teacher-and-Student, Humility, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 15 1995 Green Gulch
May 17th, 1995, Serial No. 01073 Serial: SF-01073 NB - no cassette visible in photo Fox, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi,...	Pat Phelan	May 17 1995 Unknown
Mumonkan Case #35 Happiness, Blue Cliff Record, Separation, Interview, Buddha Nature, Attachment,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Feb 25 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Bendowa III: Falling into Emptiness, Story of Michael Serial: BZ-00952A Rohatsu Day 3 Blue Cliff Record, Samadhi, Bell, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Gratitude, Silence, Mahayana...	Maylie Scott	Dec 06 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #86 Serial: BZ-00957A Saturday Lecture BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Gaining Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Duality, Blue Cliff...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 15 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Poem Serial: BZ-00962B No Gap; Don't Objectify, Saturday Lecture Tozan, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Practice Period, Subject-and-Object, Book of...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Perfection of Wisdom Serial: BZ-00231 Class 4 of 5 American, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Interdependence, Happiness, Mahayana,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 14 1994 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case #19: Mind is the Way Serial: BZ-00962A Lecture Ordinary Mind, First Principle, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Bodhidharma,...	Ron Nestor	Apr 02 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Confidence and Maturity in Practice Serial: BZ-00963A Women's sitting Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, resistance, Posture, Silence, Intuition, Chanting,...	Maylie Scott	Mar 20 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Conference of Buddhist Teachers: Ryozan Enkan’s Dragons (Keizan’s Denkoroku) Serial: BZ-00629B Lecture Dragons, Blue Cliff Record, Enemies, Instruction, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Sep 11 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
1993.06.30-serial.00282 Blue Cliff Record, Sutra, Sesshin, Offering, Religion	Edward Brown	Jun 30 1993
Blue Cliff Record Case #1: Bodhidharma’s Later Years Serial: BZ-00667A Lecture Bodhidharma, Eka, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Practice Period,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 29 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #1: Bodhidharma’s Coming from the West Serial: BZ-00665A Lecture Bodhidharma, Family Practice, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 08 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Paramitas: Dana, Bodhisattva Context Serial: BZ-00610 Class 1 of 6 Mahayana, Mindfulness, Silence, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice, Blue Cliff...	Maylie Scott	Sep 17 1992 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Early Zen: Ungan to Tozan Serial: BZ-00604 Class 5 of 6 Heart Sutra, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Five Ranks, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 02 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Early Zen: Sixth Patriarch, Sudden and Gradual Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00603 Class 4 of 6 Platform Sutra, Branching Streams, Four Noble Truths, Perfect Wisdom, Sixth Patriarch...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 26 1992 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Vimalakirti Sutra; Suffering Serial: BZ-00706B Rohatsu Day 3 Vimalakirti, Suffering, Duality, Manjushri, Oneness, Non-duality, Silence, Blue Cliff...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
1991.07.25-serial.00105 realization, Avalokiteshvara, Blue Cliff Record, Posture, Thich Nhat Hanh	Edward Brown	Jul 25 1991
Bodhisattva’s Four Ways of Guidance: Reasonableness and Responsiveness Serial: BZ-00687A Lecture confusion, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Evil, Aspects of Practice, Silence, Right...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jan 05 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #1 Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Posture, Offering, Avalokiteshvara, Repentance,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 11 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Zendo Talk Daily Life, Blue Cliff Record, Delusion, realization, Rinzai, Karma, Ceremony, Sangha...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Nov 22 1989 Unknown
Mumonkan Case #25 Mahayana, realization, Samadhi, Blue Cliff Record, Rinzai, Teacher-and-Student,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Oct 03 1989 Unknown
Five-day Sesshin Dragons, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, First Principle, Zendo,...	Yvonne Rand	Aug 30 1989 Unknown
Going Beyond Limitations Blue Cliff Record, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, First Principle, Dharma Transmission...	Yvonne Rand	Aug 28 1989 Green Gulch
Only Buddha and Buddha Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Bowing,...	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Jul 15 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Mill Valley, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Liberation, Harmonizing, Zendo...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 09 1989 Green Gulch
Unknown Title Serial: BZ-00826 Lecture, Sesshin day 5 Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Posture, Vow, Anger,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 19 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Where the Hubless Active Wheel Turns Serial: BZ-00897B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Bell, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 14 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
February 21st, 1988, Serial No. 01499 Serial: BZ-01499 Second day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. Blue Cliff Record, Lotus Sutra, Enemies, Concentration, Separation, Posture, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 21 1988 2 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
1984.02.13-serial.00311 Delusion, Blue Cliff Record, Freedom, Intimacy, Intention	Edward Brown	Feb 13 1984
Beyond Knowledge: Zen Transmission Big Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Dharmakaya, Dragons	Richard Baker	Mar 11 1978
Finding Truth Within Zen Practice Truth, Concentration, Blue Cliff Record, Sesshin, Samadhi	Richard Baker	Jun 12 1976
Engage Zen in Every Moment Tozan, Fox, Posture, causation, Blue Cliff Record	Richard Baker	Feb 15 1976
February 15th, 1976, Serial No. 00302 Posture, causation, Tozan, Fox, Blue Cliff Record	Richard Baker	Feb 15 1976
Zen Moments and Eternal Now Chanting, Breath, Continuous Practice, Thoroughness, Blue Cliff Record	Richard Baker	Sep 03 1975
Zen Practice: Relaxation Through Presence Blue Cliff Record, Posture, Baso, Instruction, Dragons	Richard Baker	Aug 31 1975
October 29th, 1974, Serial No. 00209 Tozan, Blue Cliff Record, Sixth Patriarch, Lineage	Richard Baker	Oct 29 1974
Zen's Dual Pathways Revealed Tozan, Blue Cliff Record, Sixth Patriarch, Lineage	Richard Baker	Oct 29 1974
Embodied Path to Enlightenment Ceremony, Zendo, Dragons, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record	Richard Baker	Oct 21 1974
Balancing Zen: Joy and Turmoil Blue Cliff Record, Bodhisattva Vow, Separation, Joshu	Richard Baker	Aug 15 1974
Transcending Thought: Zen's Supreme Way Doubt, Ego, Blue Cliff Record, Lay Ordination, Heart Sutra	Richard Baker	Mar 25 1973
Zen Beyond Everyday Discrimination Joshu, Blue Cliff Record, Discrimination, Tozan, Delusion	Richard Baker	Dec 03 1972
Blue Cliff Records 61 - Fuketsu's One Particle Of Dust Blue Cliff Record, Breath, Constancy, Freedom, Faith, Diversity, Greed, Religion,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1971 Tassajara
Blue Cliff Records-43 Serial: SR-00032 Tozan's hot and cold. Blue Cliff Record, Emptiness, Pain, Monks, difficulty, Forms, Hate, Commitment,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1969 Tassajara

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