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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
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, Priest, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Soto Zen, Lineage,...	Chikudo 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 Buddha Nature, confusion, Commitment, Ceremony, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Birth-and-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Aug 30 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Koans as Lenses for Insight Blue Cliff Record, Buddha, Koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 21 1998
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... Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Freedom, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 08 1998 Green Gulch Farm
The Mind of an Infant Serial: RA-00499 Class Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Blue Cliff Record, Japan, Buddha Mind	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 17 1997
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" Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ordinary Mind, Blue Cliff...	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, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Culture, Emotions, Intuition,...	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
Enacting Zen: Living the Koans Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Enlightenment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 21 1997
An Appropriate Response Attachment, Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Chanting, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Oneness...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 19 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Embodied Wisdom Through Zen Practice Four Noble Truths, Karma, confusion, Desire, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 09 1996
Just This (Is It): Tozan’s Enlightenment Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Culture, Emotions, Interview, Intimacy,...	Peter Overton	Sep 21 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Silence in Zen Practice Time, Manjushri, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 01 1996
Blue Cliff Record Case #18 Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Duality, First Principle, Lineage, Non-...	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
Bodhidharma Serial: SF-03627 Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 01 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Self Healing Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Emotions, Mindfulness, Mundane Life, Observe, Obstacles,...	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 Farm
Embracing Enlightenment Beyond Goals 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, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Nature, Darkness-and-Light, Doubt, Duality, Gaining...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 15 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen's Canvas: Paint and Presence Suzuki Roshi, Blue Cliff Record, Doubt	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 03 1994
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 Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Concentration, First Principle, Happiness,...	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 Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Continuous Practice, Intuition, Posture,...	Maylie Scott	Mar 20 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Paradox: Balancing Form and Emptiness Time, Blue Cliff Record, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 29 1993
Zen Unthought: Embracing Unsupported Reflection Blue Cliff Record, Time	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 01 1993
Conference of Buddhist Teachers: Ryozan Enkan’s Dragons (Keizan’s Denkoroku) Serial: BZ-00629B Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Demons, Dragons, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Mahayana,...	Maylie Scott	Sep 11 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mind-Object Unity Unveiled Buddha, Work, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 26 1993
Cycles of Zen: Destruction and Regeneration Doubt, Blue Cliff Record, Time	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 19 1993
Embodied Awareness in Everyday Life Blue Cliff Record, Sutra, Sesshin, Offering, Religion	Edward Espe Brown	Jun 30 1993
Blue Cliff Record Case #1: Bodhidharma’s Later Years Serial: BZ-00667A Lecture Avalokitesvara, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Eka,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 29 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #1: Bodhidharma’s Coming from the West Serial: BZ-00665A Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission, Family Practice,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 08 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen's Turtle-Nosed Snake Paradox Time, Pain, Blue Cliff Record	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 09 1992
Paramitas: Dana, Bodhisattva Context Serial: BZ-00610 Class 1 of 6 Blue Cliff Record, Dependent Origination, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Mindfulness,...	Maylie Scott	Sep 17 1992 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Landscapes and Mindful Communication Blue Cliff Record, Soto Zen, Mindfulness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 03 1992
Zen Intimacy Beyond Boundaries Blue Cliff Record, Practice, Intimacy	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 20 1992
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

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