Blue Cliff Record Talks

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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Total Dynamic Activity and Ukraine

Serial: TL-00732

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Zenki, Zoom, Freedom, Blue Cliff Record, Peace
Mar 13 2022
Hybrid

The Flower Ornament Sutra’s Wisdom

Serial: TL-00716

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Ancestors, Ordination, Monkey Mind, Five Ranks
Nov 01 2021
Zoom

Waking Up

Rinzai, Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Book of Serenity, Aspects of Practice
Jun 26 2021

This Little Light Of Mine

Shosan, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhisattva Vow, Dokusan, Freedom
Jun 20 2021

Dongshan’s Hot and Cold: Responses to Climate

Serial: TL-00700

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Precious Mirror, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Passions, Faith
Jun 07 2021
Zoom

Sojun And JiJuYu Zanmai

Samadhi, uchiyama, Ego, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Mar 13 2021

Teachers, Disciples

Silence, Blue Cliff Record, Ordinary Mind, Transmission, Rinzai
Feb 06 2021

Test

Silence, Blue Cliff Record, Ordinary Mind
Feb 06 2021

New Directions in Zen Studies

Serial: TL-00686

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Rinzai, Shobogenzo, Tenzo, Blue Cliff Record, Chanting
Jan 31 2021
Zoom

Alive Or Dead

Blue Cliff Record, Diversity, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bodhisattva Vow...
Jan 16 2021

Birth and Death, Part 1

Birth-and-Death, Don't Know Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Light-and-Darkness, Posture...
Dec 19 2020

Women Ancestors Class

Blue Cliff Record, Gratitude, Soto Zen, Lineage, Vow, Transmission, Culture,...
Nov 30 2020
3 of 3
Zoom

Looking Back To Look Forward

Emotions, Blue Cliff Record, Diversity, Culture, Enemies, New Year, Dharma...
Nov 14 2020

The Whole Earth Is Medicine

Manjushri, Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Perfect Wisdom, uchiyama,...
Oct 17 2020

An Appropriate Response

training, Mindfulness, Blue Cliff Record, Non-violence, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Peace,...
Aug 01 2020

Bodhisattva Appropriate Response

Serial: TL-00660

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

true dharma, Dharmakaya, Blue Cliff Record, Silence, Aspects of Practice
Mar 08 2020
ADZG Temple

Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Nirvana, Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go, Right Effort...
Mar 07 2020
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Practice of Patience

Patience, Constancy, Blue Cliff Record, Cultivation, Concentration, Equanimity, Anger...
Nov 02 2019

Stories of Enlightenment

In our class this fall we will contemplate and converse about several stories of Zen practice and enlightenment. Our contemplation and conversations will naturally bring up questions and concerns...

YRB-2019-Fall, Blue Cliff Record, Japan, true dharma, Book of Serenity, Patience,...
Oct 17 2019
3/7
The Yoga Room

Daowu's Condolence Call

Serial: BZ-02687

Sesshin Day 4

 

Blue Cliff Record, Doubt, Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Funeral, Lineage,...
Jun 22 2019

Zenki Class 3

Serial: BZ-02680

PP Class 3

 

Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Liberation, Buddha Mind, Samsara, Religion, Heart...
May 30 2019

Book of Serenity case 9: Nanquan's Cat

Serial: TL-00545

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Joshu, Shobogenzo, Conversation
Oct 22 2018
ADZG Temple

Book of Serenity case 6: A Question of Basic Meaning and a Headache

Serial: TL-00536

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Fox, Vimalakirti, Bodhidharma
Sep 03 2018
ADZG Temple

Book of Serenity case 4: A New Temple and a Blade of Grass

Serial: TL-00533

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Sanctuary, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Kinhin, Manjushri
Aug 20 2018
ADZG Temple

Book of Serenity Case 3: Prajnatara and Inhale and Exhale as Sutras

Serial: TL-00530

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Book of Serenity, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Emotions, Heart Sutra
Jul 29 2018
ADZG Temple

Book of Serenity Case 2: Bodhidharma's Nothing Holy

Serial: TL-00529

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission, Silence...
Jul 08 2018
ADZG Temple

Preferences, Expectations, Letting Go

Serial: BZ-02619

Sesshin Day 3

 

Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Oneness, Ego, Daily Life, Hindrances, Tassajara...
Jun 15 2018

Book of Serenity Case 1: The Unique Breeze of Reality

Serial: TL-00527

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Manjushri, Observe, Aspects of Practice...
Jun 11 2018
ADZG Temple

Kanzeon: Compassion as Listening to Differences

Serial: TL-00522

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Lotus Sutra, Avalokiteshvara, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period
May 28 2018
ADZG Temple

Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha

Serial: BZ-02611

 Shuso Talk

 

Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Hate, Non-attachment, Don't Know Mind,...
May 12 2018

Way-Seeking Mind Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Building, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Lineage, Sangha, Gratitude,...
2018

Zenki sesshin II: Totality weaving in particulars in the karmic boat

Serial: TL-00490

ADZG Sesshin,
Dharma Talk

Zenki, Freedom, Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Sesshin
Oct 14 2017
ADZG Temple

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 2

Serial: BZ-02570

Part 2 of 2

Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Oneness, Mindfulness,...
Sep 02 2017
2

Positive Visions from Yunmen and Dogen in Response to our Global Crisis

Serial: TL-00471

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Harmonizing, Politics
Jun 12 2017
ADZG Temple

Appropriate Response to the Current Crisis

Serial: TL-00470

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Bodhisattva Precepts, Offering, Buddha Ancestors
Jun 11 2017
ADZG Temple

Sei Jo and Her Soul Are Separated

Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Forgiveness, Separation, Constancy, Diversity, Oneness...
May 13 2017

Sangha

Big Mind, Non-violence, Birth-and-Death, Evil, New Year, Daily Life, Blue Cliff...
Jan 28 2017

Sesshin day 4: Guiding the blind, deaf and mute

Serial: TL-00442

Sesshin Day 4 (Rohatsu),
Dharma Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Ceremony, Shuso Ceremony, Monkey Mind, Silence
Dec 03 2016
ADZG Temple

The Eon-ending Fire and a Trip to California

Serial: TL-00430

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Impermanence,...
Aug 08 2016
ADZG Temple

Dogen's Worldview of Space and Time from Lotus Sutra Stories

Serial: TL-00421

Two Arrows Zen Telecourse,
Seminar

Lotus Sutra, realization, Bodhisattva Way, Blue Cliff Record
May 28 2016
Two Arrows Zen

Blanche Hartman: This Little Light

Serial: BZ-02000

Saturday Lecture

M, Ordinary Mind, Berkeley Zen Center, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
May 21 2016
Berkeley Zen Center

The Great Way Not Difficult Difficult

Separation, Subject-and-Object, Blue Cliff Record, Precious Mirror, Practice Period,...
May 14 2016

Yunmen's Jewel

Serial: BZ-02463

Koan Class Blue Cliff Record Case 62

 

BCR-62, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Duality, Subject-and-Object, Soto Zen, Blue...
Mar 07 2016

Medicine and Science Mutual Cure

Serial: BZ-02454

 Blue Cliff Record Case 87

 

BCR-87, Anger, Duality, Manjushri, Peace, Forgiveness, War, Blue Cliff Record,...
Jan 16 2016

What is the World: An Appropriate Response

Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission,...
Jan 09 2016

Iron Grindstone Liu

Serial: BZ-02443

Aspects of Practice

 

Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Liberation,...
Nov 02 2015

Ummon's Every Day Is A Good Day

Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Zazen Mind, Silence, Posture,...
May 16 2015

Everyone Has a Light

Blue Cliff Record, Duality, Oneness, Practice Period, Berkeley Zen Center, Passions,...
Nov 15 2014

Yunmen's Appropriate Statement and its three Aspects

Serial: TL-00354

ADZG Sesshin,
Dharma Talk

Intimacy, Bodhisattva Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Lotus Sutra, Evil
Oct 24 2014
ADZG Temple

Pick Up a Speck of Dust

Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, First Principle, Blue Cliff Record, Peace, Constancy,...
Oct 18 2014

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