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Index
Title Copyright Contents Foreword by Nelson Foster Introduction by Ueda Shizuteru Translator’s Preface Preface to the Wisdom Edition Conventions and Abbreviations Entangling Vines, Part 1
Case 1: Pacifying the Mind of the Second Patriarch Case 2: The Sixth Patriarch’s Robe and Bowl Case 3: Wuzu’s “Someone’s Servants” Case 4: Yunmen’s “Mount Sumeru” Case 5: Mazu’s “This Very Mind” Case 6: Zhaozhou’s “Drop It!” Case 7: Doushuai’s Three Barriers Case 8: Lingyun Sees Peach Blossoms Case 9: Zhaozhou’s “Juniper Tree” Case 10: Huanglong’s Three Barriers Case 11: Ruiyan’s “Master” Case 12: Zhaozhou Sees Through an Old Woman Case 13: Langzhong’s “Hell” Case 14: Changsheng’s “Chaos” Case 15: One Peak Is Not White Case 16: An Ox Goes through a Lattice Window Case 17: Qianfeng’s “Three Types of Sickness” Case 18: Shangu’s Sweet-Olive Blossoms Case 19-1: Xiangyan’s “Up a Tree” Case 19-2: Dahui’s “Up a Tree” Case 20: Yunmen’s “Dry Piece of Shit” Case 21: Yunmen’s “Sulu” Case 22-1: Deshan Carries His Bowls Case 22-2: Mian’s “True Meaning” Case 23: Mazu’s “West River” Case 24: Not Entering Nirvana Case 25: Shishuang’s “Top of a Pole” Case 26: Xiangyan’s Sound of a Bamboo Case 27: The Mind Turns with Its Surroundings Case 28-1: Qiannu and Her Spirit Case 28-2: Xutang’s Verse Case 29: Yunmen’s “Exposed” Case 30: Mian’s “Brittle Bowl” Case 31: The National Teacher Calls Three Times Case 32: Lan’an’s “Being and Nonbeing” Case 33: Nanquan’s Sickle Case 34: Baizhang’s Wild Fox Case 35: Kanzan’s “Works like a Thief” Case 36: Two Monks Roll Up Bamboo Shades Case 37: Use the Empty Sky for Paper Case 38: The Wise Women in the Mortuary Grove Case 39: Drifting to the Land of the Demons Case 40: A Scholar Writes a Treatise Case 41: The Lamp in the Room Case 42: Cast Aside Both Mind and Body Case 43: Bodhidharma Didn’t Come to China Case 44: Danxia Burns a Buddha Image Case 45: Asleep or Awake, At All Times Be One Case 46-1: Zhaozhou’s “Wu” Case 46-2: A Verse on Zhaozhou’s “Wu” Case 46-3: Zhongfeng’s Eight-Word Question on “Wu” Case 46-4: Dahui’s “Wu” Case 46-5: Before the Monk Asked about Buddha Nature Case 46-6: Penetrate It Thoroughly Case 47: Buddha Straight, Ancestors Crooked Case 48: A Woman Comes Out of Samadhi Case 49: East Mountain Walks on the Water Case 50: Lotus Samadhi Case 51: The Buddha of Great Universal Wisdom Excellence Case 52: Huanglong’s “Sutra Chanting” Case 53: Mazu’s “Salt and Sauce” Case 54: Juniper Tree, Carrying Bowls Case 55: Mr. Zhang Drinks Wine Case 56: Gushan’s Gāthā Case 57: To Lose a Human Birth Case 58: Shoushan’s “This Sutra” Case 59: Xinghua’s “Hold to the Center” Case 60: Guishan’s “Water Buffalo” Case 61: The Sail Has Yet to Be Hoisted Case 62: Dongshan’s “Three Pounds of Hemp” Case 63: Nantang’s “Other Realms” Case 64: No Merit Case 65: A Man in a Thousand-Foot Well Case 66: Damei’s “Plum Pit” Case 67: Fadeng Is Not Yet Finished Case 68: Nanquan’s Fried Dumplings Case 69: A Springless Lock Case 70: The Six Non-Buddhist Teachers Case 71: Bajiao’s Staff Case 72: The Buddha Never Preached Case 73: Yuanwu’s “Gate of Misfortune” Case 74: Drop Deluded Thought Case 75: Misusing the Mind Case 76: Yangshan’s Headrest Case 77: The Three Buddhas’ Night Talk Case 78: Mazu’s Moon Viewing Case 79: The Buddhas Don’t Know It Case 80: Linji’s “Solitary Peak” Case 81: Speech and Silence Case 82: Yangshan’s Gavel Case 83: The Sixth Patriarch’s Banner in the Wind Case 84: Comments on the Five Houses Case 85: All the Plants Case 86: Know the Emptiness of All That Exists Case 87: Why the Woman Came Out of Samadhi Case 88: To See Form and Enlighten the Mind Case 89: A Meeting on Another Mountain Case 90: Nanquan’s “Water Buffalo” Case 91: Yunmen’s Three Statements Case 92: A Fragrant Breeze from the South Case 93: Baizhang’s New Paddy Case 94: The Avataṃsaka Sutra’s Simile of the Mind Case 95: Yun’an Returns the Vestment Case 96: A Verse in Praise of the Sixth Patriarch Case 97: When Someone Is Ordained Case 98: Yuanwu’s Enlightenment Verse Case 99: Jiashan’s Surroundings Case 100: Straw Sandals in My Vestment Case 101: Jiashan Digs a Hole Case 102: Hear in the Morning, Die in the Evening Case 103: Ordinary Mind Is the Way Case 104: Calling for Help from the Well Tower Case 105: A Dead Snake in the Road Case 106: Ciming’s Practice Case 107: Daitō’s Three Questions Case 108: Vimalakīrti, the Golden-Millet Tathāgata Case 109: The Barbarian Has No Beard Case 110: Mind Is Not Buddha Case 111: Qingshui, Poor and Alone Case 112: Vimalakīrti’s Ten-Foot-Square Room Case 113: Foxing’s Three Turning-Phrases Case 114: When the Buddha Was Born Case 115: Nanquan Loses the Fire Case 116: Guishan Picks Tea Case 117: Baizhang’s “No Eating” Case 118: Nanyue’s Explanation Case 119: Luopu’s “Offerings” Case 120: Yunmen’s Tune Case 121: Zhaozhou’s “Put Out the Fire!” Case 122: Huangbo’s Staff Case 123: Comparing Three Students of Linji Case 124: The World-Honored-One’s Lotus Eyes Case 125: The Secret Transmission from West to East Case 126: Confucius’s “Changes” Case 127: Earning a Living and Producing Things
Entangling Vines, Part 2
Case 128: Deshan Burns His Commentaries Case 129: Dongshan and the Earth Spirit Case 130: Xinghua Levies a Fine Case 131: Magu and the Hand-Cloth Case 132: Shushan’s Memorial Tombstone Case 133: King Udayana Thinks of the Buddha Case 134: Shoushan’s Stick Case 135: The World-Honored-One Holds Up a Flower Case 136: Mahākāśyapa’s Temple Flagpole Case 137: Guanghui’s “Evil Karma” Case 138: Qianfeng’s “Single Road” Case 139: Nanyue Polishes a Tile Case 140: Doushuai’s Lychees Case 141: Realm of the Buddha, Realm of Mara Case 142: Songyuan’s Three Turning-Phrases Case 143: Xutang’s Three Questions Case 144: Daitō’s Three Turning-Phrases Case 145: Nanquan Living in a Hermitage Case 146: Ciming’s Signpost Case 147: Ciming’s Bowl of Water Case 148: Putting on Your Vestment at the Sound of the Bell Case 149: Subtle Flow Case 150: Fayun Addresses the Assembly Case 151: Yangshan Smashes a Mirror Case 152: Yunmen’s Sermon Case 153: Chen Cao in a Tower Case 154: An Old Woman Burns Down a Hermitage Case 155: A Different Way of Doing Things Case 156: One Word and a Four-Horse Team Case 157: The Dharmakāya Eats Food Case 158: Xutang’s “Words” Case 159: The Three Statements of Linji Case 160: The Avataṃsaka Sutra’s Dharma Realms Case 161: Dongshan’s “End of the Training Period” Case 162: Caoshan’s “Great Sea” Case 163: The Verse of Vipaśyin Case 164: Yunmen Loses His Powers Case 165: Aṅgulimāla and the Difficult Delivery Case 166: Yantou the Ferryman Case 167: Magu Digs Up Weeds Case 168: Haoyue’s “Paying Debts” Case 169: Daitō’s “Iron” Case 170: Buddha’s Teaching, Bodhidharma’s Intention Case 171: Comment and Verse on the Final Word Case 172: Ciming Tends the Hearth Case 173: Ciming and the Tiger’s Roar Case 174: Ciming Takes Off a Shoe Case 175: Kanzan’s “Inherently Perfect Buddha” Case 176: Linji’s “Hunk of Red Flesh” Case 177: Linji’s Four Realms Case 178: Linji’s Four Shouts Case 179: One Shout Remains Case 180: Linji’s “Host and Guest” Case 181: The Four Guest-Host Relationships Case 182: Baizhang Goes to See Mazu Again Case 183-1: Ciming’s Consecutive Shouts Case 183-2: Xutang’s Dark Valley Case 184: Xinghua’s Two Waves of the Hand Case 185: Nanyuan’s “Pecking and Tapping” Case 186: Xutang’s Staff Case 187: Linji Delivers a Blow Case 188: Dongshan’s “Three-Score Blows” Case 189: Ciming Asks about the Three-Score Blows Case 190: Zhaozhou Checks Two Hermits Case 191: Langye’s “Perception First” Case 192: Linji Plants Pines Case 193: Baizhang’s “Already Explained” Case 194: Deshan Uses His Stick Case 195: Linji’s “Blind Ass” Case 196: Zhang Zhuo Sees the Sutra Case 197: The Staff of the South Case 198: Mañjuśrī Visits Case 199: To Knock Down with One Blow Case 200: Xuefeng Strikes a Monk Case 201: Sudhana Gets Some Medicine Case 202: Touzi Answers “Buddha” Case 203: Yunmen Calls Attendant Chengyuan Case 204: The Śūraṅgama Sutra’s “Turning Things Around” Case 205: Shoukuo’s “Lame Nag” Case 206: Changsha Enjoys the Moon Case 207-1: Linji Washes His Feet Case 207-2: Songyuan Takes the High Seat Case 208: Linji’s Four Positions Case 209: Lu Gen’s Laughing and Crying Case 210: Linji’s Four Functions Case 211: Qianfeng’s “Take Up the One” Case 212: Mañjuśrī Gives Rise to Views Case 213: Tettō’s Admonitions Case 214: The Infinite Realms Case 215: Letian Asks about the Dharma Case 216: Fubei Answers a Woman Case 217: Form Is Emptiness Case 218: Linji Asks for Alms Case 219: Zhaozhou’s “Talk around the Fireside” Case 220: Guishan Picks Up a Grain of Rice Case 221: Changshi Watches a Polo Game Case 222: No Merit, Evil Realms Case 223: Pure Original Nature Case 224: An Uncut Weed Patch Case 225: The Garuḍa King Case 226: Split in Two, Torn in Three Case 227: The Merit of Donating Food to the Sangha Case 228: Langye’s “Great Bell” Case 229: In the Dharma There Is No Duality Case 230: A Veteran General of the Dharma Assembly Case 231: Flower Adornment Samadhi Case 232: Let Go of Everything Case 233: Sound the Dharma Drum Case 234: The Mind-Ground Contains the Seeds Case 235: The Dharma Realm of the Emptiness of Emptiness Case 236: If a Single Dharma Exists Case 237: Atop Mount Putuo Case 238: The Origin of the Circle-Figures Case 239: Hongzhi’s Four “Uses” Case 240: After Birth and Before Discrimination Case 241: Where Wisdom Cannot Reach Case 242: An Ancient Worthy’s “Great Death” Case 243: Huijue’s “No Sin” Case 244: The Eight Phrases of Hongzhi Case 245: To Be Stepped On without Anger Case 246: A Piece of Rope on a Moonlit Night Case 247: Xianzong Asks about the Light Case 248: The Great King Has Come Case 249: Responding to a Wayfarer on the Road Case 250: Huangbo Bows to a Buddha Image Case 251: Prince Nata Tears His Flesh Case 252: Yinfeng Pushes a Wheelbarrow Case 253: Kanzan Scolds a Monk Case 254: I Accept That the Old Barbarian Knows Case 255: Ten Realizations, Same Reality Case 256: Tianhuang’s “Like This” Case 257: Jiashan’s “Dharmakāya” Case 258: Chaling’s Enlightenment Verse Case 259: Baiyun’s “Still Lacking” Case 260: Taizong Holds a Bowl Case 261: Stop All Thoughts Case 262: Zhaozhou’s Stone Bridge Case 263: A Buddha Long Ago Set His Mind Case 264: Dongshan’s Fruit Case 265: Changqing’s Staff Case 266: A Monk Is Bitten by a Snake Case 267: The National Teacher’s Water Bowl Case 268: Moving through the Three Realms Case 269: A Clear-Eyed Person Falls into a Well Case 270-1: Shoushan’s Principles of the Teaching Case 270-2: Filthy, Stagnant Water Case 271: The Sound of the Wood Isn’t Separate from Me Case 272: Nanquan’s Death
Reference Materials
Biographical Notes Chart of Names in Pinyin Chart of Names in Wade-Giles Chart of Names in Japanese Bibliography Index
About the Translator About Wisdom Publications
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