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THIEÄN PHUÙC
THIEÀN LAÂM
BAÛO THOAÏI
PRECIOUS DIALOGUES IN ZEN FORESTS
VIEÄT-ANH
VIETNAMESE-ENGLISH
TAÄP MOÄT
VOLUME ONE
(A-G)
Phaät Giaùo Vieät Nam Haûi Ngoaïi
Oversea Vietnamese Buddhism
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MUÏC LUÏC
VOLUME ONE
Muïc Luïc 3
Lôøi Ñaàu Saùch—Preface 25
Lôøi Giôùi Thieäu—Introduction 31
I. A Haøm: The Agama Sutra 33
1) Chaân Lyù Tam Chuûng—Three Kinds of Truth
2) Töù Chuûng Maõ—Four Kinds of Horses
II. A Nan: Ananda 35
1) Nhöõng Ñieàu Thænh Caàu Tröôùc Khi Ñöôïc Phuïc Dòch Ñöùc
Phaät—Conditions Asked To Be Granted Before He Begged to
Serve the Buddha
2) Trí Nhôù Sieâu Phaøm—Supernatural Memory
III. A Tyø Ñaït Ma: Abhidharma 36
1) Boán Möôi Ñeà Muïc Cuûa Thieàn Chæ—Forty Meditation Subjects
in Samatha
2) Nhaát Ñieåm Quaùn—One-Pointed Contemplation
3) Töù Trôï Duyeân—Four Sub-Causes in the Theory of Causal
Relation
4) Voâ Haïn Ñònh Nghieäp—Indefinitely Effective Karma
5) Voâ Hieäu Löïc Nghieäp—Defunct Karma (Counteractive
kamma)
IV. Abora 43
1) Chaáp Ngaõ—Ego-Grasping
2) Voâ Löu Tích—Leaving No Trace
V. Achaan Buddhadasa: Thieàn Töï Nhieân Ñöôïc Thöïc Hieän Qua
Nhöõng Sinh Hoaït Thöôøng Nhaät—Achaan Buddhadasa:
Natural Meditation Done Throughout One's Daily Activities 44
VI. Achaan Chaa: 45
1) Khoâng Moät Vaät Hieän Höõu Naøo Khoâng Phaûi Laø Phaùp!—No
Existing Thing Is Not Dharma!
2) Tieát Ñoä Vaø Haønh Giaû— Moderation and Zen
Practitioners
VII. Achaan Dhammadaro: Ñeå YÙ Ñeán Nieâm Thoï Cuûa Mình—Achaan
Dhammadaro: To Pay Attention to Your Mindfulness of
Sensation 47
VIII.Achaan Jumnien: Quaùn Thaân Taâm Voâ Thöôøng, Baát Toaïi,
vaø Khoâng Coù Töï Ngaõ—Achaan Jumnien: Contemplation the
Mind-Body Process as Changing, Unsatisfactory, Empty of Self
48
IX. Achaan Maha Boowa: Phaùt Trieån Söï Taäp Trung Vöõng Chaéc
vaø Maïnh Meõ Trong Tu Taäp—Achaan Maha Boowa: The
Development of Strong and Steady Concentration 49
X. Achaan Naeb: Ñaëc Bieät Quan Saùt Thaân Taâm Ngay Trong Luùc
Naøy!—Achaan Naeb: Observing the Present Moment,
Especially Mind and Matter! 50
XI. Albert Low: Tin Toát vaø Tin Xaáu—Albert Low: Good News and
Bad News. 52
XII. An Coác Baïch Vaân: Hakuun-Yasutani 53
1) Baïch Chæ—White paper
2) Cuoäc Chieán Noäi Taâm—An Inner Struggle
3) Dieãn Nhaõ Ñaït Ña—Enyadatta
4) Naém Baét Coâng AÙn Thieàn Moät Caùch Tröïc Tieáp Vôùi Toaøn
Boä Baûn Theå!—To Grasp Zen Koâan Directly With Your Whole
Being!
5) Ngoài Thieàn OÂm Troïn Ba Yeáu Toá Caên Baûn Cuûa Phaät
Giaùo: Giôùi, Ñònh vaø Hueä—Sitting Embraces the Three
Fundamental Elements of Buddhism: Precepts, Concentration, and
Wisdom
6) Nhaän Thöùc Tröïc Tieáp Ñöôïc Moïi Ñieàu Trong Chôùp
Maét!—Directly Perceiving Everything In a Flash!
7) Quay Veà Vôùi Söï Toaøn Haûo Nguyeân Sô Cuûa Chuùng
Ta!—Returning to the Original Perfection!
8) Soå Töùc Quaùn—Contemplation by Counting the Breathing
9) Taâm Thaùi—State of Mind
10) Thaàn Dieät Baát Dieät?—Is There A So-Called Destruction of
A Soul Or Not?
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11) Theá Giôùi Laø Moät Nhaát Theå Töông Tuøy, Rieâng Moãi
Ngöôøi Laø Khoái Nhaát Theå AÁy!—The World Is One
Interdependent
Whole, and Each of Us Is That Whole!
12) Thích Nghi Taùnh—Adaptability
XIII. An Quoác Huyeàn Ñænh: Taâm Laø Toâng Cuûa Laõo
Taêng—An-kuo Hsuan-t'ing: The Mind Is My School 61
XIV. An Theá Cao: Baùt Ñaïi Nhaân Giaùc—An-Shi-Kao: Eight
Awakenings of Great People 61
XV. AÁn Giaûn: Nay Môùi Bieát Maøy Ngang Muõi Doïc!—Yin-Jian:
Now I Know My Own Face With Horizontal Eyebrows and
Vertical Nose! 62
XVI. AÁn Quang: Ying-Kuang 63
1) Haïnh khôûi Giaûi Tuyeät—Development of True Practice,
Perfection of Understanding
2) Khoå Ñau vaø Nghòch Caûnh—Sufferings and Adverse
Circumstances
3) Moïi Chuyeän Khoâng Ngaãu Nhieân—Everything Does Not Occur By
Chance
4) Taâm—Mind
XVII.AÁn Toâng Phaùp Tính: Thænh Cö Só Thuyeát Phaùp—Yin-Tsung
Fa Hsin: To Ask Lay Man to Preach 66
XVIII.AÅn Duï Con Raén Kinh: Chieác Beø—The Discourse on the
Water Snake’s Parable: A Raft 67
XIX. AÅn Nguyeân Long Kyø: Ingen Ryuki 68
1) Ngoä Ñaït Keä—Verse of Enlightenment
2) Thò Tòch Keä—Death Poem
3) Vôùi Thieàn Phaùi Hoaøng Baù Nhaät Baûn vaø Nhöõng Doøng
Truyeàn Thöøa—With The Japanese Obaku School and Lineages of
Transmission
XX. AÅn Phong: Yin Feng 71
1) Caûnh Trung Höõu Thuûy—In the Reality of Circumstances, There
Is Water
2) AÅn Phong Ñaûo Hoùa—Passing Away Standing On His Head
3) AÅn Phong Phi Tích— Throwing His Staff into the Sky and
Riding Upon It
4) AÅn Phong Vaø Thaïch Ñaàu—Yin-Feng and Shih-T'ou
5) AÅn Phong Thoâi Xa—Pushing a Cart Which Went Right Over the
Master's Legs
XXI. AÅn Sôn Duy Dieãm: Inzan 74
1) AÅn Sôn Duy Dieãm Vaø Nga Sôn—Inzan and Gasan
2) Sô Ngoä—Initial Awakening
XXII.Ba Laêng Haïo Giaùm: Pa-ling Hao-chien 77
1) Döïng Ngay Loã Muõi Cuûa Hoøa Thöôïng!—Blocking the Master's
Nostrils!
2) Gaø Laïnh Leân Caây, Vòt Laïnh Xuoáng Nöôùc!—The Cold Fowl
Flies Up In the Tree, the Cold Duck Dives Into the Water!
3) Kieám Saéc—Blown Hair Sword
4) Minh Minh Laïc Tænh—A Clear-Eyed Person Falls into a Well
5) Ngaân Oaûn Lyù Thaïnh Tuyeát—Snow in a Silver Bowl
6) Tam Chuyeån Ngöõ—Three Turning Phrases
7) Thieàn Khaùch Voâ Söï!—A Good Zen Guest, Without Affairs!
8) Tuy Bieát Thanh Tònh, Nhöng Phaûi Luoân Khoâng Ñöôïc
Queân!—Once You Have Known Purity, Nothing Can Be
Forgotten!
XXIII.Ba Tieâu Hueä Thanh: Pa-Chiao Hui-Qing 80
1) Chæ E Xaø Leâ Chaúng Hoûi!—I'm Just Afraid You Won't Ask!
2) Chín Chín Taùm Moát!—Nine Times Nine, Eighty-One!
3) Con Ñöôøng Thaùo Thaân!—The Escape Route!
4) Im Laëng!—Silence!
5) Khaùch Giaëc Cuøng Ñeán!—A Guest and Thief Both Arrive!
6) OÂng Vöôït Qua Ñeä Tam Lyù Ñi Roài Laõo Taêng Seõ Chæ
Cho!—Get Past the Third Principle, Then I'll Show You!
7) Thieàn Sö Vaø Thi Só Cuûa Söï Vónh Tòch!—Zen Master and a
Poet of Eternal Loneliness!
8) Truï Tröôïng—Staff
XXIV.Baø Tu Maät: Keát Taäp Kinh Ñieàn Laàn Thöù Tö—Vasumitra:
The Fourth Synod for the Revision of the Canon under
Kaniska 84
XXV.Baø Xaù Tö Ña: Toå Thöù Hai Möôi Laêm Truyeàn Thoáng Thieàn
AÁn Ñoä—Vasiasita: The Twenty-fifth Patriarch of Indian Zen
Tradition 84
XXVI.Baùc Sôn: Po-shan 85
1) Baûo Thuû Haùn—The Treasure Guard
2) Coi Chöøng Leäch Ñöôøng!—Watch Out For the Astray Route!
3) Lyù Chöôùng—Hindrances to Truth
4) Nhaát Ñieåm Linh Quang—A Spark of One's Illuminating
Light
5) Tham Thieàn Caûnh Ngöõ—Admonitions Regarding the Study of
Zen
6) Thaâm Nhaäp Chaân Lyù—Deep entering into the Truth
7) Thieàn Beänh—Zen Illness
8) Thuaàn Thuïc Nghi Tình—Maturity of Doubts
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9) Töù Daãn Ngoä Phaùp—Four Ways Leading to Enlightenment
10) Vöôùng Keït Coâ Tòch Vaø Chaùn Gheùt Ñoäng Caûnh—To Become
Attached to Quietness and to Detest Mutable Things
XXVII.Baùch Duï Kinh: Sakyamuni’s One Hundred Fables 100
1) Khaéc Chu Nhaân—A Man Who Marks on the Boat Where Things
Dropped in the River
2) Nguïc Tuø Cuûa Tri Thöùc Vaø Thaønh Kieán—Prisons of
knowledge and prejudice
XXVIII.Baùch Tröôïng: Pai-Chang 101
1) Baát Nhò Moân—The Gate of Nonduality
2) Bí Maät Thieàn—The Secret of Zen
3) Caùi Gì Vaäy?—What Is It?
4) Chaên Taâm Nhö Chaên Traâu—Herding the Mind Is Like Herding A
Cattle
5) Cuoán Chieáu—Rolling Up the Sitting Mat
6) Daõ Hoà—Pai-Chang and the fox
7) Daõ Ngan—Wild Ducks
8) Ñaïi Giaùc Baát Thaàn—Sudden Enlightenment
9) Ñaïi Nghóa Cuûa Phaät Phaùp Chæ Laø Vaäy!—That's All of the
Great Principle of Buddhism!
10) Ñaây Khoâng Phaûi Laø Cuïc Than Ñoù Sao?—Is This Not a
Fire?
11) Ñoäc Toïa Ñaïi Huøng Ñænh—Sitting Alone on Ta Hsiung
Mountain
12) Giuùp Cho Thieàn Trung Hoa Toàn Taïi Trong Cuoäc Baùch Haïi
Phaät Giaùo Thôøi Vuõ Toâng—Helped Chinese Zen Survive the
Persecution of Buddhism Under the Reign of Wu-Tsung
13) Khi Ñoùi Thì AÊn; Khi Meät Thì Nguû Nghæ!—When Hungry, Eat;
When Tire, Sleep!
14) Lao Taùc Thieàn—Labor Work in Zen Monasteries (Samu)
15) Laõo Hoà Raâu Ñoû—A Red-Beard Babarian
16) Laõo Taêng Phaûi Laøm Vì Töï Haén Khoâng Theå Tieán Boä
Chuùt Naøo Ñöôïc!—This Old Monk Must Do It For He Himself Can't
Make Any Progress!
17) Moät Ngaøy Naøo Ñoù Con Cuõng Seõ Thaønh Phaät!—I Am Going
to Be a Buddha Someday!
18) Nhaát Nhaät Baát Taùc, Nhaát Nhaät Baát Thöïc—One Day
Without Manual Labor, One Day Without Eating
19) OÂng Laø Ai?—Who Are You?
20) OÂng Haún Coù Caùi Thaáy Vöôït Hôn Thaày!—You Must Be Better
Than Your Teacher!
21) Phoå Thænh (Xuaát Pha, taát caû ñeàu ñöôïc
môøi)—All-invited
22) Tam Baûo Nhaát Theå—Three Jewels in One Substance
23) Taâm Thöùc Voâ Truï—A nondwelling Mind
24) Thaïch Hoûa—Lighted Tinder
25) Thanh Quy—Regulations for Monks in a Zen Monastery
26) Tieáng Theùt Cuûa Maõ Toå Khieán Laõo Taêng Ñieác Ñeán Ba
Hoâm!—Ma-tsu's Shout Left This Old Monk Deaf For Three Days!
27) Tính Khöôùc Yeát Haàu Thaàn Vaãn, Taùc Ma Sinh Ñaïo?—How Can
You Speak Without Your Throat, Lips and Tongue?
28) Vaán Vaân Nham—Questions Yun Yen
29) YÙ Thöùc Hieän Tieàn Kính—The Present Mirror Awareness
XXIX.Baïch AÅn Hueä Haïc: Hakuin Ekaku 122
1) Ba Yeáu Toá Caàn Thieát Cho Giaùc Ngoä—Three Essential
Elements for Enlightenment
2) Baø Laõo Quaùn Traø Vaø Chieác Ñuõa Beáp—An Old Woman at the
Teashop and Her Fire-Poker
3) Baát Nhaäp Nieát Baøn—Not Entering Nirvana
4) Caùch Baïch AÅn Vieát Teân Moät Nöõ Tyø Leân Duø Môùi—The Way
Hakuin Writes A Maid's Name On Her New Umbrella
5) Cha Ñeû Cuûa Doøng Thieàn Laâm Teá Nhaät Baûn—The Father of
Japanese Lin-Chih Sect
6) Chaúng Coù Sanh Töû! Cuõng Chaúng Coù Giaùc Ngoä Ñeå Taàm
Caàu!—There Is No Birth or Death! There Is No Enlightenment
to Seek!
7) Chích Thuû—The Clap of Just One Hand
8) Chuùng Sanh Boån Lai Thò Phaät—All Sentient Beings Are
Intrinsically Buddhas
9) Cuoàng Thieàn—Mad Zen
10) Cöôøng Nghi Ñaïi Ngoä—The Stronger the Inquiring Spirit the
Greater the Resulting Satori
11) Ñaïi Nghi—Great Doubt
12) Ñi Tìm Chaân Taùnh Khoâng Khaùc Gì Vieäc Xay Baép—Seeking
the True Self Is No Different From Grinding Corn
13) Ñi Vaøo Con Ñöôøng Tu Thieàn—Entering the Path of Zen
Practice
14) Ñònh Hueä—Dhyana and Prajna
15) Gaõ Ngu!—Stupid Blind Oaf!
16) Baïch AÅn-Ñoâng Laõnh: Nguõ Chuûng Coâng AÙn—Hakuin-Torei:
Five Categories of Koans
17) Hoøa Taùn—Gatha of Harmony
18) Hoøe An Quoác Ngöõ—Kwaian
19) Laõo Taêng Khoâng Giuùp Gì Ñöôïc Cho Haïng Ngöôøi Nhaøn Roãi
Nhö OÂng!—I Have No Use for Idlers Like You Around Here
20) Moïi Coâng Ñöùc Ñeàu Xuaát Phaùt Töø Thieàn Ñònh—All Good
Deeds and Merits Come From Meditation
21) Moät Ngaøn Baûy Traêm Coâng AÙn Khoâng Coøn Giaù Trò Gì
Heát!—Seventeen Hundred Koans Are No Value Whatsoever!
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22) Ngaõ Thò Thuøy?—What Is I?
23) Nieäm Phaät Vaø Coâng AÙn—Buddha Recitations and Koans
24) Noäi Quaùn Luaän—Yasen Kanna
25) Oan Öng Khoâng Caàn Bieän Baïch!—When Subject to Injustice
and Wrong, Not Need to Seek to Refute and Rebut!
26) OÂng Chæ Kinh Qua Höông Vò Thieàn Ngoaøi Ñaàu Löôõi!—What
You Experienced Is Still Only a 'Tongue-Tip Taste' of Zen!
27) OÂng Chæ Laø Haïng Caên Taùnh Trì Ñoän, Ñöøng Voïng Töôûng
Ñeán Chuyeän Thaønh Ñaïo!—You Have a Small Capacity, Not to
Consider the Completion of the Great Work!
28) Phaät Phaùp Maø Ta Truyeàn Daïy Cho Ngaøi Chæ Coù Vaäy
Thoâi!—My Teaching Is Nothing But This!
29) Phaät Taùnh—State of the Buddha's Enlightenment
30) Soá Ñòa Nguïc Maø Ta Vaøo Leân Ñeán Taùm Vaïn Boán
Ngaøn!—The Hells I Fall Into Are Eighty-Four Thousand in
Number!
31) Baïch AÅn Hueä Haïc Vaø Sö Phuï Chaùnh Thoï Laõo OÂng—Hakuin
and His Master Dokyo Etan
32) Taïi Sao Laïi Duøng Giaáy Cuõ Ñeå Chuøi Ñích Phaät
Chöù?—Since It's a Buddha's Ass, Why Use Old Paper With Writing
On
It?
33) Taâm Cô Chuyeån Hoùa—The mind the motor which is used to
open the eye to the truth of Zen
34) Thieân Ñaøng Ñòa Nguïc—Heaven and Hell
35) Thieàn Phaùp Döôõng Sinh—Curing Zen Sickness
36) Thieàn Toïa Tuïng—Zazen Wasan
37) Thö Phaùp, Hoïa Phaåm Vaø Coâng AÙn—Calligraphy, Paintings
and Koans
38) Trôû Thaønh Taêng Só—To Become A Monk
39) Tu Taäp Phaùp Khoâng Quaùn—Meditating On Emptiness
40) Töï Ngaõ Meâ Laàm—Ego Delusion
41) Voâ Minh Vaø Ñau Khoå Trong Luïc Ñaïo—Ignorance and
Suffering in the Six Realms
XXX.Baïch Cö Dò: Pai Chu I 165
1) Ñeâm Nhaøn—Idle Night
2) Thô-Röôïu-Khaåu Nghieäp—Poetry-Wine-Mouth Karma
XXXI.Baïch Döông Thuaän: Caên Nguyeân Cuûa Beänh Naèm ÔÛ Ñaâu
Trong Thaân Xaùc Naøy?—Pai Yang Shun: Where In This Body
Lie the Sources of Sickness? 165
XXXII.Baïch Laïc Thieân vaø OÂ Saøo—Pai-Yueh-T’ien and Bird’s
Nest 166
XXXIII.Baïch Maõ Ñaøm Chieáu: Söôùng Khoå—Pai-ma T'an-chao:
Delight and Agonizing 166
XXXIV.Baïch Maõ Ñoän Nho: Höôùng Thöôïng Cuûa Phaùp Thaân--EÁch
Ngoài Ñaùy Gieáng Nuoát Traêng—Pai-ma: The Good of the
Dharmakaya, a Frog Sits in the Bottom of a Well to Swalloe the
Moon 167
XXXV.Baïch Thuûy Nhaân: Chuaån Bò Leã Gioã Cho Sö Phuï—Jeân of
Pai-shui: Set Up a Feast for His Late Master on His Death-
Day 167
XXXVI.Baøn Khueâ Vónh Traùc: Bankei Eitaku 168
1) An Truù Trong Phaät Taâm—Staying in Buddha-Mind
2) AÅn Cö Am—Hermitage of Practice
3) Chæ Ngoài Treùo Chaân vaø Nhaém Maét Laïi Thì Khoâng Phaûi
Laø Toïa Thieàn!—Just Closing Your Eyes and Sitting There Is
Not What I Call Sitting Meditation!
4) Chieâu Theá Coøn Non Keùm, Vì Chöa Xuaát Ra Thì Taâm Ñaõ
Ñoäng Roài!—Your Technique Is Still Immature, For Your Mind
Moved First!
5) Chuyeån Hoùa Moät Teân Troäm—Transformed A Thief
6) Giôùi Haïnh Cuûa Moät Thieàn Taêng—Conduct of a Zen Monk
7) Keû Muïc Haï Voâ Nhaân Nhö OÂng Thì Laøm Sao Coù Theå Tìm
Hoïc Hoûi Thieàn?—You See No Man Under Your Eyes, How
Can You Seek Advices In Zen?
8) Khoång Töû Muoán Noùi Gì Qua Caùi “Minh Ñöùc”?—What Confucius
Meant by “Bright Virtue”?
9) Nhöõng Naêm Thaùng Khoå Haïnh Ñeàu Laø Voâ Duïng!—Years of
Toil and Pain Had Been Useless!
10) Nöõ Nhaân Deã Daøng Ñaït Ngoä Hôn Nam Nhaân!—It's Easier For
Women to Attain Awakening Than It's For Men!
11) OÂng Thaät Bieát Nghe Lôøi Daïy Cuûa Laõo Taêng!—You Really
Obeys My Instructions!
12) Pheùp Maàu Cuûa Laõo Taêng Laø Khi Ñoùi Thì AÊn, Khi Khaùt
Thì Uoáng!—This Old Monk's Miracle Is That When I'm Hungry
I Eat, When I'm Thirsty I Drink!
13) Sao OÂng Khoâng Ñieàu Phuïc Taâm YÙ Cuûa Chính Mình?—Why Not
Train Your Mind Right?
14) Taùnh Noùng Naûy Chaúng Phaûi Laø Baåm Sinh Ñaâu!—Short
Temper Is Not Something Innate!
15) Taâm Baát Sanh—The Unborn Mind
16) Taâm Phaät Baát Sinh—The unborn Buddha-mind
17) Taâm Taùnh Vaø AÂm Höôûng—Mind and Voice
18) Thò Tòch Voâ Ngoân!—No Words At the Passing Time!
19) Thieàn Khoâng Bao Giôø Coù Theå Ñöôïc Truyeàn Ñaït Qua
Ngöôøi Trung Gian!—Zen Can Never Be Conveyed By A Messenger!
20) Thoùi Giaû Doái Cuûa OÂng Coøn Dô Hôn Söï Lôû Loùi Cuûa
Nhöõng Ngöôøi Cuøi Naøy!—Your Disgust Is Filthier Than Their
Leprosy Sores!
21) Tu Taäp Thieàn Vaø Vieäc Uoáng Nöôùc—To Practice Zen and
Drinking Water
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XXXVII.Baøn Sôn Baûo Tích: P'an-shan Pao Chi 179
1) Caän Dieän Töông Trình (Maët Ñoái Maët Vôùi Taâm)—To Come
Face to Face with the Mind
2) Ñaïi Ñaïo Khoâng Theå Baøn—The Way Cannot Be Spoken of
3) Ñaïi Giaùc Nhôø Gaëp Daøn Nhaïc Ñaùm Tang—Enlightened Through
Encountering a Funeral Procession
4) Phaûi Tröïc Tieáp Quan Saùt Laáy Mình, Khoâng Ai Laøm Ñöôïc
Vieäc AÁy Cho Mình!—Directly Observe for Yourself! No One
Can Do It for You!
5) Phoå Hoùa Veõ Chaân—Pu-Hua Was Able to Draw My Likeness
6) Tam Giôùi Voâ Phaùp—There Is Nothing in the World
7) Taâm Traêng Coâ Leû—The Moon of the Mind Is Solitary
8) Taâm Voâ Söï, Vaïn Vaät Baát Sanh—No Affairs in Mind, Things
Are Not Born
9) Theá Naøo Laø Ñaïo?—What Is the Way?
10) Tinh Ñeå Nhuïc—A Piece of Good Pork Meat
XXXVIII.Baøn Sôn Huøng Traïch: ÔÛ Ñaây Mieáng Naøo Cuõng Ngon
Nhaát!—Banzan Kumazawa: Here Any Piece Is The Best! 183
XXXIX.Baûn Khoâng: Pen K'ung 183
1) Traø Lam—Tea Basket
2) Trong Tro Laïnh Coù Moät Haït Ñaäu Noå—In the Cold Ashes, a
Grain of Pea is Decrepitating
XL. Baøng Haønh Baø Taùc Trai—Pang Hsing Po Treats a Lunch Meal
to the Monks 184
XLI. Baøng Long Uaån: Pang Lung Yun 185
1) Ai Laø Ngöôøi Khoâng Hieåu?—Who Is It That Doesn't
Understand?
2) Baùch Thaûo Ñaàu Thoaïi—All the Plants
3) Con Gaùi Ta Quaû Laø Lanh Lôïi!—My Daughter's Deftness!
4) Ñaïi Gia Ñoàng Loan Ñaàu, Coäng Thuyeát Voâ Sinh Thoaïi—The
Whole Family Is Gathering, to Talk About the Unborn
5) Haûo Tuyeát Phieán Phieán—Good Snowflakes
6) Hoaït Ñoäng Haøng Ngaøy Hoøa Hôïp Töï Nhieân—To Be Simply in
Spontaneous Harmony With Daily Affairs
7) Kinh Ñieån—Sutras
8) Nhöõng Thaày Khaùc Khoâng Thoåi Saùo Ñöôïc, Maø Thaày Thoåi
Raát Hay!—Other Teachers Can't Play the Lute, But the Master
Does It So Sublimely!
9) Thaàn Thoâng—Supernatural Knowledge
10) Tuyeån Phaät Tröôøng—A Testing-To-Become-Buddha Center
11) Voâ Ngaõ Voâ Nhaân—No Self-No Other
XLII.Baùo AÂn Huyeàn Taéc: 192
1) Baát Ñoäng Toân!—Immovable Vidyaraja!
2) Bính Ñinh Ñoàng Töû Xin Löûa—The Boy of Fire Coming to Seek
Fire
3) Moãi Vò Ñeàu Sôû Höõu Traân Baûo Voâ Giaù—Each of You
Possesses a Priceless Jewel
XLIII.Baùo Töø Haønh Ngoân: Pao-ts'u Hsing-yen 194
1) Caâu Hoûi Naøy Khoâng Phaûi Luùc!—I Don't Deal With That
Question!
2) Ñoái Hieän Saéc Thaân!—Manifested in Form!
3) Noùi Giaû Noùi Thieät!—Speak Falsely and Speak the Truth!
XLIV.Baûo Giaùm: Bao Giam 195
1) Taâm Trí Nhö Lai—Tathagata's Mind and Wisdom
2) Trí Tueä Laø Keát Quaû Cuûa Tu Taäp Giôùi Vaø Ñònh—Wisdom Is
the Result From Cultivating in Precepts and Concentration
XLV. Baûo Hoa Nguyeän: Gioù Thoåi Laù Ruïng, Xuaân Ñeán Maàm
Xanh Naåy—Pao-hua Yuen: Wind Causes the Forest Leaves to
Fall, Spring Comes They Bud Out Again 197
XLVI.Baûo Nghieâm Thuùc Chi: Phaät Laø Thaân Ñaát Xöông Goã,
Ñöôïc Trang Söùc Baèng Vaøng—P'ao-yian Tsu-Chih: Buddha Is
One Made of Clay and Decorated with Gold 198
XLVII.Baûo Phöôùc Toøng Trieån: Pao Fu Ts'ung Zhan 198
1) Dieäu Phong Ñænh—Summit of the Mystic Peak
2) Hoøa Thöôïng Ñi Uoáng Traø Ñi!—Master Qing, Go Drink Tea!
3) Laõo Taêng Phaûi Leã Baùi OÂng Caùi Ñaõ!—I Would Just Bow to
You!
4) Maëc Nhö Loâi (Söï Im Laëng Saám Seùt)—Thunder of silence
5) Thaät Bieát Hoøa Thöôïng Höôùng Veà Hang Quyû Laøm Hoaït
Keá!—You're Seeking Speaking Strategies in a Mountain Spirit's
Cave!
6) Thaáy Phaûi Thaáy Traùi!—Seeing the Right Side, Seeing the
Left Side!
XLVIII.Baûo Thieàn Phoå: Hoa Maãu Ñôn Nôû Laø Muøa Xuaân, Hoa
Cuùc Vaøng Nôû Vaøo Thaùng Chín—Pao-ch'an Pu: Tree-Peony
Blossoms in Spring; Yellow Chrysanthemum in the Ninth Month
202
XLIX.Baûo Thoï Dieân Chieåu: Pao-shou Yen-chao 202
1) Baûo Thoï Dieân Chieåu: Haõy Thöû Xem OÂng Coù Theå Ñoùng
Ñinh Treân Hö Khoâng!—Let's See If You Can Nail Down
Emptiness!
2) Neáu OÂng Maø Voïng Töôûng, Laõo Taêng Seõ Ñaùnh OÂng Gaõy
Ngang Löng!—If You Have False Thoughts, I Will Break You
In Two At the Waist!
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3) OÂng Coù Gaëp Khæ Khoâng?—Did You See the Monkey?
4) Trôøi Xanh Cuõng Phaûi AÊn Gaäy!—The Clear Sky Also Gets the
Staff!
L. Baûo Tính & Minh Taâm Ñoàng Nhaäp Hoûa Tam Muoäi—Bao
Tinh-Minh Tam Entered the Flame Samadhi Together 204
LI. Baûo ÖÙng Hueä Ngung: Bao-ying Huiyong 205
1) Chôø Luùc Naøo Coù Phaät Ta Noùi Cho OÂng Nghe—Wait Until
There Is a Buddha, Then I Will Tell You
2) Dieãn Taû Baèng Phoâ Dieãn Chöù Khoâng Baèng Lôøi—The
Demonstration Provided Evidence of Awakening, Not Words
3) Laõo Ngung Chaúng Coù ÔÛ Ñaây Maø Heùt Caùi Gì?—Old Pao-Ying
Isn't Here, What Good Will It Do to Shout Anymore?
4) Moå Voã Ñoàng Thôøi—Simultaneous Pecking and Tapping
5) OÂng Cuõng Laàm Nhö Ta!—You Are at Fault As Much As I Am!
6) Treân Cuïc Thòt Ñoû Vaùch Ñöùng Taùm Ngaøn Boä—On Top of a
Lump of Red Flesh, a Sheer Precipice of Eight Thousand
Feet
7) Tröôøng Thuûy Chaûy Doøng Ñoâng Hay Doøng Taây?—Did
Ch'ang-Sui Flow East or West?
LII. Baùt Nhaõ Ña La: Thaày Cuûa Sô Toå Boà Ñeà Ñaït
Ma—Patriarch Prajnatara: Teacher of Bodhidharma 208
LIII. Baùt Nhaõ Taâm Kinh: The Heart Sutra 208
1) Saéc Töùc Thò Khoâng, Khoâng Töùc Thò Saéc—Form Is Emptiness,
and Emptiness Is Form
2) Taùnh Khoâng Cuûa Vaïn Höõu—The Emptiness of All
Phenomena
3) Thoâng Ñieäp Cuûa Ñöùc Phaät—The Message From the Buddha
LIV. Baït Ñaø Baø La Döõ Thaäp Luïc Boà Taùt Nhaäp
Duïc—Bhadrapala and Sixteen Bodhisattvas Go In to Bathe 212
LV. Baït Ñoäi Ñaéc Thaéng: Bassui-Tokusho 214
1) Baûn Lai Dieän Muïc—Original Face or Buddha-Nature
2) Baát Phaï Nieäm Khôûi—Do Not Worry About the Rising of
Thoughts
3) Baït Ñoäi Ñaéc Thaéng Vaø Höôùng Ngaïc Töï
Phaùi—Bassui-Tokusho and Kogakuji-ha
4) Khoâng Coù Thöïc Töôùng Chuû Quan Laãn Khaùch Quan—There Is
Neither Subjective Nor Objective Reality
5) Neâ Thuûy—Mud and Water
6) Ta Nhö Moät Phieán Tuyeát Ñang Tan Trong Baàu Khoâng Khí
Thanh Tònh!—I Am As A Snowflake Which Is Dissolving in
the Pure Air!
7) Taùnh Theå Baát Sinh Baát Dieät—The Essential Nature of All
Things Is Not Born, So It Will Never Die
8) Taâm Thöùc Naày Laø Caùi Gì?—What is this Mind?
9) Tìm Ñaït Ngoä Vì Lôïi Ích Cuûa Taát Caû Chuùng Sinh—To Seek
to Attain Enlightenment for the Benefit of All Beings
10) Töø Meâ Môø Ñeán Ñaïi Nghi Daãn Ñeán Giaùc Ngoä Chaân
Taùnh—From Delusion to Great Doubt That Is Leading to
Enlightenment of True Nature
LVI. Baéc Daõ Huyeàn Phong: Ruõ Boû Vöôùng Maéc!—Kitano Gempo:
Getting Rid of Attachments! 224
LVII.Baéc Thoâng Vieän: Bích Thöông Hoïa Khoâ Tuøng, Du Phong
Caïnh Thaùi Nhuïy—Pei T'ung Yuan: Dead Pine-Tree Is Hung
Over the Wall, Bees Are Busily Sucking the Flowers 225
LVIII.Baát Nhö Maät Ña: Toå Thöù Hai Möôi Saùu Truyeàn Thoáng
Thieàn AÁn Ñoä—Punyamitra: The Twenty-sixth Patriarch of
Indian Zen Tradition 226
LIX. Bernard Glassman & Rick Fields: 226
1) Chaân Giaùc Ngoä—To Be Truly Enlightened
2) Chöùng Ngoä Nhaát Töôùng—The Realization of the Oneness
3) Duøng Coâng Vieäc Laøm Nôi Tu Taäp Thieàn Quaùn—Use Work As a
Place for Meditation Practice
4) Haõy Coá Nhìn Theá Giôøi Baèng Ñoâi Maét Cuûa Ñoái Thuû!—Try
to See the World Through Your Opponent's Eyes!
5) Löôùi Trôøi Ñeá Thích—The Indra's Net
6) Nghi Hoaëc—Doubts
7) Ngöôøi Ñaàu Beáp Thieàn—The Zen Cook
8) Söï Bieåu Hieän Cuûa Traïng Thaùi Giaùc Ngoä—A Manifestation
of the Enlightened State
9) Tænh Trung Lao Nguyeät—To Scoop The Moon out of Well
Water
LX. Bình Thieân: Kieán Vaên Tri Giaùc—P'ing T'ien: Seeing,
Hearing, and Thinking 231
LXI. Boà Ñeà Ñaït Ma: Bodhidharma 232
1) An Taâm—Pacifying the Mind
2) Baát Nhò Vaø Taùnh Khoâng—Nonduality and Emptiness
3) Bì Nhuïc Coát Tuûy—Skin, Flesh, Bone and Marrow
4) Boá Thí Quaûng Ñaïi—Generosity
5) Caét Mí Maét—Cutting Off Eyelids
6) Boà Ñeà Ñaït Ma: Chæ Caàn Thaáy Taùnh—You Only Need to See
Your Own Nature
7) Chieác Giaøy Coû—A Straw Sandal
8) Coâng Ñöùc—Merit and Virtue
9) Dieän Bích—Sitting Facing the Wall
10) Huyeát Maïch Luaän—Treatise on the Lineage of Faith
11) Khueách Nhieân Voâ Thaùnh—The Vast Emptiness Without
Holiness
12) Laõo Taêng Khoâng Bieát!—I Don't Know!
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13) Lyù Nhaäp-Haïnh Nhaäp—Entering the Way Through the
Principle-Entering the Way Through Practice
14) Nhaäp Ñaïo—Getting into the Way
15) OÂng Hoûi, Ñoù Laø Taâm OÂng; Ta Ñaùp, Ñoù Laø Taâm Ta!—You
Ask, That's Your Mind; I Answer, That's My Mind!
16) Phaät Taâm Toâng—The Sect of the Buddha-Heart
17) Saùu Cöûa Vaøo Ñoäng Thieáu Thaát—Six Zen essays
18) Sô Toå Truyeàn Thoáng Thieàn ôû Trung Hoa—The First
Patriarch of Zen Tradition in China
19) Tam Voâ Sôû Caàu—Three Non-Seeking Practices
20) Taâm Truyeàn Bôûi Chö Phaät—Mind-Essence Transmitted by All
Buddhas
21) Thieàn Phaùp—Zen Methods
22) Thieáu Laâm Töï—Shao-Lin-Szu
23) Truyeàn Phaùp Keä—Verse of Transmission
24) Tu Taâm Yeáu Luaän—Treatise on the Essentials on Cultivating
the Mind
25) Tuøy Duyeân Haïnh—Obedient to Karma
26) Töù Gia Haïnh—The Four Disciplinary Processes
27) Töï Taùnh Hieån Nhieân Minh—Self-Nature Is Clear and
Obvious
28) Voâ Coâng Ñöùc Thoaïi—No Merit
29) Voâ Sôû Caàu Haïnh—Not to Seek After Anything
30) Xöùng Phaùp Haïnh—The Practice Being in Accord with the
Dharma
LXII.Boån Höng: Ngöôøi Sôû Höõu Moät Trí Tueä Sieâu
Phaøm!—Honko: A Man Who Possessed a Supernatural Wisdom! 253
LXIII.Boån Söï Kinh: Giaùc Ngoä—Itivrttaka Sutra: Enlightenment
253
LXIV.Boån Tòch: Vöôït Ngoaøi Coù Khoâng, Thoâng Caû Ñoán
Tieäm—Bon Tich: Not Attached to Being or Not-Being, and
Realized
Both Sudden and Gradual Teachings 254
LXV.Boån Tònh: Bon Tinh 255
1) Ñaïi Nguyeän—Great Vows
2) Huyeãn Thaân Boån Töï Khoâng Tòch Sanh—The Illusory Body Was
Originally Born From Emptiness and Stillness
3) Meøo Ñaù Vaãy Ñuoâi!—The Stone Cat Wags Its Tail!
4) Thaân Huyeãn Giaû, Hieän Töôïng Laø Nhöõng Boùng Ma AÛo
AÛnh—Body Is an Illusion, Phenomena Are Like Phantoms of
Hallucinations
LXVI.Buøi Höu: Pei-Hsiu 256
1) Chaân Dung Ñaây, Coøn Cao Taêng Ñaâu?—Here Is His Portrait,
But Where Is the High Monk Himself?
2) Trình Thuû Buùt Thieàn Leân Hoaøng Baù—Showed Huang Po His
Manuscript of His Understanding of Zen
LXVII.Butsugai: Nhu Thuaät—Butsugai: Gentle Art 257
LXVIII.Buttsu: Keä Giaùc Ngoä—Buttsu: Verse of Awakening 260
LXIX.Ca Dieáp Nhö Lai—Kasyapa-Buddha 260
LXX. Ca Dieáp: Kasyapa 261
1) Nieâm Hoa Vi Tieáu—Smiling and twirling a flower between the
fingers
2) Ca Dieáp Saùt Can—Mahakasyapa's Flagpole
LXXI.Ca Na Ñeà Baø: Aryadeva 261
1) Dó Chaâm Ñaàu Baùt (Neùm Kim Vaøo Baùt Nöôùc)—To Throw a
Needle into a Bowl of Water
2) Ca Na Ñeà Baø vaø Trieát Hoïc Trung Quaùn—Aryadeva (Kanadeva)
and the Madhyamaka Philosophy
LXXII.Ca Tyø Ma La: Ñöa Ba Ngaøn Ñoà Ñeä Quy Y Vôùi Maõ
Minh—Kapimala: Asvaghosha Converted Him Together With His
Three Thousand Followers 262
LXXIII.Caûm Thaønh: Cam Thanh 263
1) Chaáp Vaøo Vaên Töï Laø Ñi Vaøo Traàm Luaân—To Attach to
Words Means to Enter the Cycle of Birth and Death
2) Phaät Laø Moïi Thöù—Buddha Is Everything
LXXIV.Caøn Phong: Kan-Feng 264
1) Cöû Nhaát—Take Up the One
2) Ñình Chæ Ñaïi Vuõ—Stopping Pouring Rain
3) Nhaát Loä (Moät ñöôøng cuûa Caøn Phong)—One Road
4) Nhò Quang Tam Beänh—Cognizing subject, cognized object, and
Three Ailments
LXXV.Caûnh Thanh: Ching Ch'ing 266
1) Baøn Luaän Thì Chaúng Baèng Ñaïo Phoù Caøy Ruoäng—Discussion
Can't Be Compared to My Hoeing the Ground
2) Con Ñöôøng Caùi Quan—The Official Road
3) Ñoàng Thôøi Thoát Traùc!—Simultaneous Breaking In and
Breaking Out!
4) Hoøa Thöôïng Chaúng Neân Beâu Xaáu Con Nhö Vaäy!—The Master
Shouldn't Tarnish Me So!
5) Neáu Ñaõ Laø Nguoàn Thì Caàn Chi Phöông Tieän Chæ Giaùo?—If
Tt's That Source, How Could You Get Any Expedient
Guidance?
6) Nhaát Tuùc Giaùc Laø Ngöôøi Xöù Naøo Vaäy?—From Where Does
the Overnight Guest Come?
7) Ruùt Tay!—Withdrawing of His Hand
8) Taøo Sôn Ñaùo Minh Thuûy!—Ts'ao Shan Arrived At
Clearwater!
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9) Tieáng Möa Rôi—The Sound of Raindrops
10) Tieåu Phoù AÙo Vaûi—Little Patch-Robed Fu
LXXVI.Cao Phong Nguyeân Dieäu: Kao-feng Yuan-miao 271
1) Chaúng Bao Giôø Coù Ngoä Neáu Khoâng Coù Nghi!—There's No
Enlightenment When There's No Spirit of Inquiry!
2) Cô Lai Khieát Phaïn, Khoán Lai Ñaû Mieân—To Eat When We Are
Hungry and to Sleep When We Are Tired
3) Ñaû Thaønh Nhöùt Phieán—To Stuff Everything Into One Mass
4) Nhaát Ngoõa Phieán Phao Ö Thaâm Ñaøm Tröïc, Traàm Ñaùo Ñeå Vi
Chæ (Taám Ngoùi Chìm Xuoáng Tôùi Ñaùy)—A Piece of Tile
Sinks Until It Reaches the Bottom
5) Nhaát Nieäm Voâ Vi, Thaäp Phöông Toïa Ñoaïn—One Non-Active
Thought, All Things Were Settled
6) Traêm Naêm Laõo Haùn AÁy Luoân Luoân Cöû Ñoäng!—One Hundred
Years, This Same Old Fellow Moved On Forever!
LXXVII.Caâu Chi: Chu-chih 276
1) Caùt Thò Giaû Chæ—To Cut Off the Attendant's Finger
2) Caâu Chi Thuï Chæ—Chu-chih: Raises One Finger
LXXVIII.Chang Chen Chi 278
1) Dung Hoaùt—The State of Flexible Hollowness
2) Maëc Chieáu—Observing One's Mind in Tranquility
3) Maâu Thuaãn Töôûng—Discordant Thinking
4) Ngheä Thuaät Thieàn—The Art of Zen
LXXIX.Chaùnh Thoï Laõo OÂng: Shoju Rojin 281
1) Giaùo Huaán Ñeä Töû Baïch AÅn Hueä Haïc—Training His Disciple
Hakuin
2) Haønh Trình Ñi Tìm Vò Boà Taùt Beân Trong—The Journey to Find
the Bodhisattva Within
3) Naém Muõi Baïch AÅn Hueä Haïc—Took Firm Hold of Hakuin's
Nose
4) Söï Cao Ngaïo Cuûa OÂng Chæ Khieán Cho Ta Goïi OÂng Laø Ñoà
Quyû Trong Hang—Your Arrogance Only Caused Me to Call
You A Cave-Dwelling Demon
5) Thaày Noùi Caùi Gì Vaäy?—Master, What Are You Saying?
6) Thò Tòch Keä—Death Poem
LXXX.Charlotte Joko Beck: 286
1) Chaáp Taâm—Attachment to the Mind Which Clings to Things as
Real
2) Chuù Taâm Coù Nghóa Laø Chuù Taâm!—Attention Means
Attention!
3) Cuoäc Soáng Cuûa Chuùng Ta Chính Laø Cuoäc Soáng Naøy—Our
Life Is Always Just This Life
4) Haõy Trôû Veà Laøm Coâng Vieäc Cuûa Moät Baïch Huyeát Caàu
Laø Ñöôïc!—Go Back and Do the Work of a White Blood Cell,
That's Enough!
5) Lo AÂu Vaø Höôùng Taâm Trong Thieàn Taäp—Anxiety and being
centered in Zen Practice
6) Maát Moät Nôi Tìm Moät Neûo!—To Lose Things in One Place, But
to Look for It in Another Place!
7) Moïi Khoaûnh Khaéc Ñeàu Phaûi Ñöôïc Tu Taäp—Every Moment Must
Be Moment of Practice in Life
8) Ngoaïi Caûnh Hay Noäi Taâm?—External World or Inner Mind?
9) Nguyeân Nhaân Thaät Söï Cuûa Vaán Ñeà—The Real Causes of
Problems
10) Nhieáp Taâm—To Collect the Mind (To Concentrate the
Attention)
11) Phaùt Hieän Vaø Ñöông Ñaàu Vôùi Ham Muoán—Discover and Face
Our Desires
12) Phaät Taùnh—Buddha Nature
13) Sôï Haõi Vaø Saân Haän—Fear and Anger
14) Taäp Trung Vaøo Caùi Ñöôïc Goïi Laø Thieàn Taäp Laø Khoâng
Caàn Thieát—Focusing On Something Called 'Zen Practice' Is Not
Necessary
15) Thieàn Quaùn Thöïc Söï Ñi Vaøo Cuoäc Soáng Haèng Ngaøy—Zen
Really Enters Daily Life Activities
16) Thieàn Quaùn Trong Ñôøi Soáng Giuùp Chuùng Ta Kinh Nghieäm
Ñöôïc Töï Thaân—Zen Practices in Daily Life Can Help Us
Experiencing Ourselves
17) Thieàn Taäp—Zen Practice
18) Tu Taäp Thoâng Minh—Intelligent Practice
19) Töï Ñieàu Chænh Trong Doøng Chaûy Cuoäc Ñôøi—Adjust
Ourselves and Flowing Forward in a Stream of Life
20) Töï Thaân Taâm Traûi Nghieäm—Experience Ourselves with Our
Own Body and Mind
LXXXI.Chaân Giaùc Thaéng: Ñem Sinh Meänh Thuû Ñaéc
Thieàn—Chen-Chueh-Sheng: Take One's Life for the Mastery of Zen
297
LXXXII.Chaân Khoâng: Chan Khong 298
1) Dieäu Ñaïo—The Wonderful Way
2) Ñaïo Taâm Ñaõ Thaønh, Giaùo Ñaõ Haønh, Ta Bieán
Hoùa!—Religious Mind Is Accomplished, Teaching Has Been
Practiced,
Now, It's Time For Me to Pass Away!
3) Nhaân Nhaân Töï Thöùc Voâ Vi Laïc!—Everybody Should Know The
Bliss of Non-action!
LXXXIII.Chaân Nguyeân: Chan Nguyen 301
1) Ñeøn Taâm—Lamp of Mind
2) Ñöông Theå—The “What Is”
3) Kieán Taùnh—Seeing the Nature
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LXXXIV.Chaân Tònh Khaéc Vaân: Chen-ching K'o-wen 306
1) Caùi Gì Khoâng Caên Cöù Treân Chöùng Nghieäm Laø ÔÛ Ngoaøi
Thieàn!—Anything Not Based Upon Experience Is Outside Zen!
2) Laøm Sao Maø Con Khoâng Theå Leân Naém Quyeàn Chöù?—How Could
I Not Be in Charge?
3) Laïnh Thì Söôûi AÁm, Meät Thì Ñi Nguû!—If You're Cold, Go and
Get Warm; If You're Tired, Go and Get Some Sleep!
4) Laõo Taêng Chaúng Daùm Löøa Doái Maáy OÂng! Taát Caû Maáy
OÂng Ñeàu Laø Phaät!—I Don't Dare Deceive You! You Are All
Buddha!
5) Nhaát Quyeàn Quyeàn Ñaûo—To Knock Down with One Blow
6) Nhöôïc Phaøm Nhöôïc Thaùnh (Baát Keå Phaøm
Thaùnh)—Irrespective of the Ordinary or the Sage
7) Tay Laõo Taêng Gioáng Nhö Tay Phaät, Chaúng Coù Gì Ñeå Cho
OÂng Laõnh Hoäi Caû—My Hand Is So Much Like the Buddha
Hand, Nothing Special For You to Perceive
8) Taát Caû Moïi Chöôùng Ngaïi Ñeàu Laø Vieân Giaùc!—All
Hindrances Are Complete Enlightenment!
9) Truï Tröôïng—Staff
10) Töï Taùnh Caên Baûn Chính Laø Phaät—The Self-Nature Is
Fundamentally Buddha
LXXXV.Chaán Laõng vaø Thaïch Ñaàu—Chen-Lang and Shih Tou 313
LXXXVI.Chaâu Hoaèng: Chou-hung 313
1) Ai Ngöôøi Nieäm Phaät?—Who Is Reciting the Buddha's Name?
2) Chaâu Hoaèng: Nguõ Uaån Dieäu Vuõ, Töù Ñaïi Döông Oai, Sao
Noùi Khoâng Toäi?—Five Aggregates Are Entangling, Four
Elements Grow Rampant, How Can You Say There Are No Evils?
3) Thieàn Quan Saùch Taán—Breaking Through the Zen Frontier
Gate
LXXXVII.Chaâu Lôïi Baøn Ñaø Giaø: Ta Queùt Doïn, Ta Phaåy
Buïi—Udapanthaka: I Wipe Dust, I Clear Filth 315
LXXXVIII.Chí Ngung: Bia Ñaù Cuõ Trong Chuøa Khoù
Ñoïc!—Chih-yung: The Inscription on an Old Monastery Stone Is Hard
to
Read! 315
LXXXIX.Chí Phuøng: Xem Ra Chaúng Coù Laáy Moät Ngöôøi Coù Trí
Hueä—Ch'i-feng: As I Observe, Not One of You Has Sagacity
Enough to See Things Properly 316
XC. Chí Trieät: Chih-Ch’e 316
1) Giöõ Taâm Voâ Thöôøng, Chaúng Phaûi Duïng Coâng, Phaät Taùnh
Hieän Tieàn, Chaúng Phaûi Thaày Trao, Cuõng Khoâng Sôû Ñaéc—
Hold Impermanence in Mind, Without an Effort, Buddha-Nature
Manifests, Not Transmitted from Master, and Not
Obtain a Thing
2) Kieám Chaùnh Chaúng Taø, Kieám Taø Chaúng Chaùnh, Chæ Nôï
Vaøng, Chaúng Nôï Maïng—A Straight Sword Not Bent, a Bent
Sword Not Straight, Merely Owe You Gold, Do Not Owe You Life
XCI. Chieâu Hieàn: Laøm Löøa Hay Laøm Ngöïa!—Chiao Hsien: To Be
a Donkey or to Be a Horse! 318
XCII.Chieâu Minh Vaán Taêng Maân—Chao-ming Questioned Seng-Min
319
XCIII.Chodo: Moät Trong Hai Loãi Laàm Cuûa Baïch AÅn—Chodo: One
of Hakuin's Two Mistakes 319
XCIV.Christina Feldman and Jack Cornfield: Thöôïng Ñeá Ñaõ Laøm
Xong Vieäc Cuûa Mình Roài!—Christina Feldman and Jack
Cornfield: God Has Already Done His Share! 320
XCV.Christmas Humphreys: 320
1) Coâng AÙn—Koan
2) Ñoán Ngoä Tieäm Ngoä—Immediate Enlightenment and Gradual
Development
3) Kyõ Thuaät Thieàn—Zen Techniques
4) Trí Naêng Vaø YÙ Thöùc Töùc Thôøi Tröïc Tieáp—The Intellect
and the Immediate and Direct Awareness
XCVI.Chulamalunkya Sutta: Thöïc Tieãn Cöùu Caùnh—Chulamalunkya
Sutta: Pragmatic Approach of Buddhism 322
XCVII.Chöông Kính: Chang-Ching 323
1) AÁy Laø Loãi Cuûa Laõo Taêng!—It's My Fault!
2) Baát Khoâng—Poked the Air
3) Chæ Coù Vaäy AØ? Coøn Gì Khaùc Khoâng?—Just This? Nothing
Else?
4) Ñaây Naøo Coù Phaûi Laø Caâu Töông Phaûn!—This Is Not a
Contrary Phrase!
5) Thôøi Nhaân Coá Hoïc Laáy Nhöõng Ñieàu Voâ Boå Maø Cho Raèng
Coù Coâng Ñöùc!—Nowadays People Diligently Study Useless
Things and Regard Such Activity as Meritorious!
XCVIII.Chöông Tín: Traâu Ñaù Roáng Vang, Ngöïa Goã Hí, vaø
Ngöôøi Ñaù Nhaåy Töng—Chang-hsin: Stone Buffalo Bellowed,
Wooden Horse Neighed, and A Stone Man Capered 325
XCIX.Coâ Thieàm Thöøa Thieân vaø Moâng Sôn—Ku-Ch’an Ch’eng-T’ien
and Mung-Shan 325
C. Coâ Vaân Hoaøi Trang: Koun-Ejo 326
1) Moät Sôïi Toùc Xuyeân Thuûng Nhieàu Loå—One Thread (hair)
Pierces Many Holes
2) Phaûi Töï Mình Thaáy Taùnh—To See One's Original Self
3) Quay Löng Laïi Vôùi Tyû Xan Sôn Ñeå Trôû Thaønh Ngöôøi Noái
Phaùp Cuûa Ñaïo Nguyeân—Turning His Back On Mount Hiei to
Become Zen Master Dogen's Dharma Successor
CI. Coå AÂm Tònh Caàm: Tham Coâng AÙn Cho Ñeán Khi Söï Phaân
Bieät Chuû Khaùch Hoaøn Toaøn Xùoùa Boû—Ku-Yin-Ching-Ch'in:
To Contemplate on the Koan Until the Distinction of Subject and
Object is Utterly Obliterated 329
CII. Coå Linh Khai Boái—Ku-Ling's Clapping on the Back 330
CIII. Cuø Chaâu Kieät Phong Ngu: Sinh Töû Lao Quan—Chieh-Feng:
The Hell Gate of Birth and Death 330
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CIV. Cö Ñoän: Chu-Tun 330
1) Quaù Baûng— "Would You Kindly Pass Me the Meditation
Plank"
2) Thaïch Qui Khôûi Thuyeát—Wait Until the Dark Stone Turtle
Begins to Talk
CV. Cöu Ma La Ña: Kinh Löôïng Boä Xem Kinh Ñieån Phaät laø Chaân
Lyù Toái Haäu—Kumarata: Sautrantika Considered Sutras
As the Ultimate Truth 331
CVI. Cöùu Chæ: Cuu Chi 333
1) Keä Thaân Taâm—The Verse on Body and Mind
2) Cöùu Chæ Vaø Sö Phuï Ñònh Höông—Cuu Chi and Master Dinh
Huong
3) Taâm Phaùp Khoâng Hai—Mind and Dharma Are Not Two
4) Taâm Voán Tónh Laëng—Mind Is Originally Serene
CVII.Cöûu Phong Caàn: Chiu-feâng Ch'in 335
1) Ñoà AÊn Ngon Khoâng Thoûa Maõn Côn Ñoùi—Delicious Food
Doesn't Satisfy the Hungry
2) Phaät Khoâng Choáng Laïi YÙ Nguyeän Cuûa Con Ngöôøi—The
Buddha Does not Fight Against People's Wishes
CVIII.Cöûu Phong Ñaïo Kieàn: Chiu-feng Tao-ch'ien 336
1) Coá Ñem Taâm YÙ Hoïc Thieàn Nhö Xoay Maët Veà Ñoâng Maø Laïi
Ñi Veà Taây Vaäy!—Trying to Use Your Mind to Study Zen Is
Similar to Facing West, But Traveling East!
2) Cöûu Phong vaø Ñeä Nhaát Toøa Toïa Thoaùt Laäp Vong—Chiu-feng
and the Chief Monk Who Liberates Himself in the Sitting
Posture
CIX. Daikaku: Quay Vaøo Beân Trong—Daikaku: To Turn Within
338
CX. Daisetsu Sonoâ Vaø Chuùng Hoäi Ba Ngaøn Ñeä Töû—Daisetsu
Sonoâ and His Assembly of Three Thousand People 338
CXI. Dennis Genpo Merzel: 339
1) Chaân Taùnh—True Nature
2) Haõy Ñoái Ñaàu Vôùi Voâ Thöôøng vaø Traûi Nghieäm Khoå Ñau
Moät Caùch Töï Nhieân!—Let's Face Impermanence and
Experience Suffering Naturally!
3) Haõy Thöông Ngöôøi Thaân Baèng Caùch Ñöøng Cöôùp Maát Söï Töï
Do Cuûa Hoï!—Let's Love Our Beloved Ones By Not Robbing
Them of Their Independence!
4) Voâ Chaáp Giaûi Thoaùt—Liberation by Freedom from All
Attachments
CXII.Dhammananda: Boán Ñoái Töôïng Thích Hôïp Cho Vieäc Taäp
Trung Tö Töôûng—Dhammananda: Four Suitable Objects of
Concentration 341
CXIII.Di Am Chaân: Nhö Ngöôøi Cheát Coøn Thôû, Taâm Theo Caûnh
Hoùa, Nhöng Ñuïng Ñeán Lieàn Bieát—I-an-chen: As a Living
Corpse, Mind Moves in Response to Outside World, But When It Is
Touched It Knows 342
CXIV.Di Giaø Ca: Moät Giaûng Sö Baø La Moân Trôû Thaønh Toå Thöù
Baûy—Mikkaka: A Teacher of Brahmanism Became the
Indian Seventh Patriarch 342
CXV.Di Taéc Phaät Quaät—Wei-Tse Fo-K'u 342
CXVI.Dòch Ñöôøng: Daãn Daét Nghieâm Khaéc Ñöa Ñeán Moät Keát
Quaû Phi Thöôøng—Ekido: Severe Guidances Lead to An
Extraordinary Result 344
CXVII.Dieän Sôn Ñoan Phöông: AÅn Cö Moät Ngaøy Ngaøy Ñeâm Tu
Taäp Thieàn Thaâm Saâu—Menzan Zuiho: A Thousand-Day
Period of Strict Solitude For Intense Zen Practice 344
CXVIII.Dieäp Huyeän: Kinh Ñieån—Yeh-hsien: Sutras 344
CXIX.Dieäu Ñaïo Tònh Cö Ni: OÂng AÁy Chaúng Phaûi Laø Phaät!—Nun
Miao-T'ao's Pure Abode: he Is No Buddha! 345
CXX.Dieäu Nhaân: Dieu Nhan 345
1) Chaân Lyù Neân Chæ Ra Baèng Keä Khoâng Lôøi—The Truth Should
Be Said Without Words
2) Chaân Taùnh Tuyeät Ñoái Baát Bieán, Baát Chuyeån, Vöôït
Ngoaøi Khaùi Nieäm Phaân Bieät—The True Nature Is Immutable,
Immovable and Beyond Concepts and Distinctions
3) Sanh Laõo Beänh Töû, Töï Coå Thöôøng Nhieân—Birth, Aging,
Illness, and Death Are Natural Since Ancient Time
4) Taùnh Veà Nguoàn, Ñoán Tieäm Moân Tuøy Theå Nhaäp—Return Own
Nature to Its Original Source, Enter Freely Through
Either Sudden or Gradual Gate
5) Theá Gian Phaùp Nhö Chieâm Bao, Huyeãn AÛo, Ñaùng Cho Ta
Troâng Caäy Hay Sao?—Worldly Dharmas Are Like Dreams
and Illusions, How Can I Rely On Them?
CXXI.Dieäu Phong: Möøng OÂng Töø Nay Ñaõ Ñuû Voán Ñeå Truï
Nuùi!—Miao Feng: Congratulations! You Have Seized the Means
You Can Afford to Dwell on the Mountain From Now On! 349
CXXII.Dosha: Chæ Coù Baøn Khueâ Laø Toaøn Giaùc!—Dosha: Only
Bankei Would Come to Full Enlightenment! 349
CXXIII.Du Giaø Toâng: The Yogacara School 350
1) Tam Tính—Three Natures
2) Taùm Yeáu Toá Taäp Trung Tö Töôûng—Eight Facts for
Concentration of Thought
CXXIV.Duy Chaùnh: Wei-Cheng 351
1) Caøy Ruoäng Xong Ta Seõ Noùi Phaùp Thieàn—Open the Farm for
Me and I Will Talk of Zen
2) Thuyeát Lieãu—Already Explained
3) Trieån Khai Löôõng Thuû—The Development of Two Hands
CXXV.Duy Chieáu: Wei-chao 353
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1) Chaùnh Tín Ñaïi Thöøa, Haù ÔÛ Lôøi Noùi Maø Coù Theå Roõ
AØ?—A Belief in the Mahayana, How Can These Words Have Any
Effect?
2) ÔÛ Trong Doøng Sinh Töû Tuøy Cô Laäp Baøy—In the Flow of Life
and Death and Be Able to Act According to Circumstances
3) Phaøm Thaùnh Voán Moät Theå—The Mundane and the Sacred Are of
One Body
4) Saâu Thaúm Xa Xoâi, Laõo Taêng Thaáy Khoâng Ngöôøi Naøo Bieát
Noåi!—It's a Great Mystery, I Don't See Anyone Who
Understand This!
CXXVI.Duy Khoan: Wei-k'uan 355
1) Con Choù Coù Phaät Taùnh, Laõo Taêng Thì Khoâng—A Dog Has the
Buddha-Nature, But I Don't
2) Coøn Nhò Nguyeân Laø Coøn Bò Töông Ñaõi Laøm Môø Mòt—So Long
As You Have Dualistic Views, Your Eyes are Bedimmed
by Relativity View
3) Neáu OÂng Khoâng Ra Khoûi Nuùi Laøm Sao Ñeán Ñaïo!—As Long As
You Cannot Go Beyond the Mountain, You Cannot
Reach the Way!
CXXVII. Duy Löïc: Nhaát Caù Coâng AÙn Thaønh, Nhaát Thieát Coâng
AÙn Thaønh—Duy Luc: When One Breaks Through One Koan,
The Rest of the Koans Will Be Unnecessary (One Koan Includes
All) 356
CXXVIII.Duy Ma Caät: Vimalakirti 357
1) Baùt Phaùp Thaønh Töïu—Eight Perfections
2) Baát Coäng Phaùp—Distinctive Dharmas
3) Baát Dó Sanh Dieät Taâm Haïnh Thuyeát Phaùp Thöïc Töôùng—Do
Not Use the Mortal Mind to Preach Immortal Reality
4) Baát Lai Töùc Lai, Baát Kieán Töùc Kieán—Not Coming Means
Coming; Not Seeing Means Seeing
5) Chaân Thieân Nhaõn—Real Deva Eye
6) Chuùng Sanh Beänh Neân Boà Taùt Beänh—All Living Beings Are
Subject to Illness, I Am Ill as Well
7) Chöùng Nghieäm Taâm Linh—Spiritual Experience
8) Coâng Ñöùc Trí Tueä—Merits and Wisdom
9) Cö Só Tònh Danh—Lay Man Vimalakirti
10) Ñaïi Thöøa Ñoán Giaùo—The Abrupt Doctrine of the Great
Vehicle
11) Ñaïo Traøng—Bodhi Mandala
12) Ñieàu Phuïc Voïng Taâm—Tame the Deluded Mind
13) Ñoä Thoaùt Chuùng Sanh—To Save Sentient Beings
14) Giaûi Thoaùt Baát Khaû Tö Nghì—Inconceivable Liberation
15) Haønh Giaû Caàu Phaùp—Practitioner Who Searches for the
Dharma
16) Haønh Phi Ñaïo Thò Thoâng Ñaït Phaät Ñaïo—To Tread the Wrong
Ways Means to Access to the Buddha Path
17) Haïnh Baát Thoái Chuyeån—Never-Receding Stage
18) Hoäi Phaùp Thí—The Bestowal of Dharma
19) Huyeãn Thaân—Illusory Body
20) Im Laëng Phi Nhò Nguyeân—Silent non-two
21) Khoâng Taän Höõu Vi Khoâng Truï Voâ Vi—Not Exhausting the
Mundane State, Not Staying in the Non-active State
22) Khuyeán Giaùo Ta Baø Khoå—Vimalakirti’s Bitter and Eager
Words
23) Laïc Phaùp—Religious Joy
24) Loøng Bi Maãn Cuûa Boà Taùt—Compassion of Bodhisattvas
25) Nhò Töôùng Boà Taùt—Two Categories of Bodhisattvas
26) Nhö Lai Chuûng—The Seed of Tathagata (Buddhahood)
27) Nhö Phaùp—The State of Suchness
28) Phaïm Luaät—To Offend Against the Law
29) Phaùp Baûo Nhö Haûi Ñaïo Sö—Treasures of the Dharma and
Acted Like Skillful Seafaring Pilots
30) Phaùp Bình Ñaúng—Sameness in the Truth
31) Phaùp Cuùng Döôøng—Serving the Dharma
32) Phaùp Moân Baát Nhò—Gate of Nonduality
33) Phaùp Nhö Thaät—Absolute Dharma (thing as it is)
34) Phaùp Thaân Nhö Lai Voâ Laäu—Tathagata Is the Dharmakaya
Which Is Non-Leaking
35) Phaùp Töôùng Nhö Huyeãn—All Things Are Illusions
36) Phaät Quoác Boà Taùt—The Buddha Land Sought by all
Bodhisattvas
37) Phaät Söï—Buddha’s affairs
38) Phuï Maãu Phu Theâ Töû Toân Thaân Baèng Quyeán Thuoäc Töôïng
Maõ Xa—Parents-Husbands and Wives-Children-Friends-
Relatives
39) Quaùn Caên Cô Chuùng Sanh—Contemplation on the Fundamenal
Ability of Sentient Beings
40) Quaùn Chuùng Sanh—Contemplation on Living Beings
41) Raøng Buoäc Vaø Giaûi Thoaùt—Bondage and Freedom from
Bondage
42) Taâm Thanh Tònh Phaät Ñoä Thanh Tònh—Pure Mind, the Buddha
Land is Pure
43) Thaâm Nhaäp Lyù Duyeân Khôûi—Deep Entering Into the Theory
of Causation
44) Thaân—Physical Existence
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45) Thaàn Löïc Baát Coäng Phaùp—Individual Supernatural
Characteristics
46) Thaäp Boä Thaát—Ten-Foot-Square Room
47) Thaäp Nguõ Quaùn Nieäm—Fifteen Modes of Contemplation
48) Thaäp Toái Thöôïng Phaùp—Ten Excellent Deeds
49) Thieàn Taäp—Meditation Practices
50) Thöïc Haønh Chaùnh Nieäm—To Practice Right Mindfulness
51) Thöïc Töôùng Thaân Nhö Lai—The Absolute Truth or Light of
the Buddha
52) Tinh Thaàn Giaùc Ngoä—The spirit of Enlightenment
53) Toïa Thieàn—Sitting Meditation
54) Toäi Taùnh Baát Taïi Noäi Baát Taïi Ngoaïi Baát Taïi
Trung—The Nature of Sin Is Neither Within nor Without, Nor in
Between
55) Vaõng Sanh Tònh Ñoä—Being Reborn in the Buddha’s Pure
Land
56) Voâ Taän Ñaêng—Inexhaustible Lamp
57) Xaû—Equanimity
58) Xuaát Gia—Renunciation
59) YÛ Tha Thaäp Duï—Body Illustrated in Ten Comparisons
CXXIX.Duy Thanh Linh Nguyeân: Caét Ñöùt Con Ñöôøng Ngoân Ngöõ,
Vöôït Leân Quaù Hieän Vò!—Wei-ch'ing Ling-yuan: Cutting
Off the Path of Language, Will Be Beyond Past, Present, and
Future! 428
CXXX.Duy Thöùc Toâng: Mind-Only Sect 429
1) Laïc Taï AÛnh Töû—Pictures of the Sense Objects Left in One's
Mind
2) Laïi Da Tam Töôùng—Three Marks of the Alaya-Vijnana
3) Laïi Da Tam Vò—Three Positions of the Alaya-Vijnana
CXXXI.Duy Tín: Nam Moâ A Di Ñaø Phaät—Yeshin: Namo Amitabha
Buddha 430
CXXXII.Duyeân Minh Ñöùc Sôn: Yuan-ming Teâ-shan 430
1) Chuyeän Sau Ñieän Phaät Laøm Sao Roõ Ñöôïc?—What About the
Affairs Behind the Buddha Hall?
2) Tam Cuù—Three Phrases
3) Duyeân Minh Ñöùc Sôn: Tham Caâu Soáng, Khoâng Tham Caâu
Cheát—Investigate Living Phrases, Not Dead Phrases
4) Thoùi Nhaø Ñöùc Sôn—Teshan's House
5) Tröôùc Vaø Sau Khi Phaät Xuaát Theá—Before and After Buddha
Appeared In the World
6) Tröôùc Vaø Sau Khi Traêm Hoa Nôû—Before and After the Hundred
Flowers Bloom
CXXXIII.Döôïc Laâm Thaïch Quan: Vöôït Thoaùt Caùi Voøng Sinh Töû
Ñoù Thì Coù Lôïi Ích Gì?—Yueh-Lin Shih-kuan: What Use Is
There In Escaping the Wheel of Birth and Death? 431
CXXXIV.Döôïc Sôn Duy Nghieãm: Yao-Shan Wei-yen 432
1) Baát Vi—Not Doing Anything
2) Chaân Kim Phoá—Pure Gold Shop
3) Chuû Trung Chuû—Shooting the Elk of Elks
4) Coù Moät Ngöôøi Khoâng Döï Leã Thoï Giôùi Maø Vaãn Thoaùt
Luaân Hoài—There Is One Without Being Ordained, Is Free From
the Wheel of Birth and Death
5) Coå Ñöùc Tam Mieät—Binding Three Bamboo Strings to One's
Stomach
6) Da Moûng Daày Ñeàu Rôùt Saïch, Chæ Coù Moät Chôn
Thaät!—Shedding the Skin Completely, Leaving Only the True
Body!
7) Ñaïi Tieáu!—A Great Laugh!
8) Haõy Ngoài Caïnh Nhöõng Vò Ñaõ Giaùc Ngoä Ñeå Hoïc Hoûi—Sit
Alongside Those Who've Come to Enlightenment and Learn
From Them
9) Laõo Taêng Nghó Caùi Khoâng Suy Nghó—I Think of
Not-Thinking
10) Maáy OÂng Caàn Coù Moät Thò Löïc Beùn Laém Môùi Nhìn Xuyeân
Qua Saùch Ñöôïc—I Am Afraid That You Need Eyesight Sharp
Enough to See Through the Binding
11) Muùa Sö Töû—Lion Dance
12) Nhôn Duyeân ÔÛ Choã Maõ Toå—Affinity Is At Ma-Tsu Tao-I's
Place
13) OÂng Chæ Töï Daáu Mình Döôùi Lôùp AÙo Caø Sa Maø Thoâi!—You
Just Covered Yourself Under the Monk's Robe!
14) OÂng Taêng Naøy Coù Choã Nghi!—This Monk Has a Doubt!
15) Phaùp Ñöôøng Ngaõ—The Dharma Hall is Collapsing
16) Phi Tö Löôïng—Get Rid of Wrong Thoughts
17) Döôïc Sôn Duy Nghieãm vaø Thaïch Ñaàu—Yao Shan Wei-yen and
Shih Tou
18) Thaêng Toøa—Ascending the Seat
19) Thieàn Ngöõ—Zen languages
20) Vaân Taïi Thanh Thieân, Thuûy Taïi Bình—Clouds Are in the
Sky; Water Is in the Jar
21) Döôïc Sôn Duy Nghieãm, Vieân Trí vaø Ñaøm Thaïnh—Master
Yao-Shan Wei-yen and Two of His Disciples Yuan-chih and
Tan-Sheng
CXXXV.Döôïc Sôn Hoaèng Ñaïo: Töôûng Voâ Töôûng—Yakusan Igen:
Think of Not Thinking 445
CXXXVI.Döông ÖÙc Ñaïi Nieân: Keä Giaûi Ngoä—Yang Tai-nien: A
Verse on an Opened Mental Eye 445
CXXXVII.Ña Baûo: Tieân Ñoaùn Lyù Coâng Uaån Vì Vua Töông Lai—Ña
Bao: Predicted Ly Cong Uan, A Future King 446
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CXXXVIII.Ña Phuùc: Moät Nhaùnh Hai Nhaùnh Taø Taø, Ba Nhaùnh
Boán Nhaùnh Cong Cong—To-fu: One or Two of the Bamboo
are Slanting, Three or Four of Them Are Crooked 447
CXXXIX.Ñaïi An: T'a-An 447
1) Ba Möôi Naêm Treân Nuùi Qui, Khoâng Hoïc Thieàn Maø Chæ Coi
Chöøng Traâu!—Thirty Years on Mount Kui, But Not
Practicing Kui-Shan’s Zen! Just Look After a Buffalo!
2) Caàu Phaùp Nôi Baùch Tröôïng—Seeking Dharma With
Pai-Chang
3) Khoâng Coù Choã Ñöôïc, Duø Coù Choã Ñöôïc, Ñöôïc Voán Khoâng
Ñöôïc!—Nothing Is Attained. If There Is Anything to Be
Attained, It Is That Nothing Is Attained!
4) Lìa Naêm Uaån, Thaân Xöa Nay Laø Gì?—Apart From the Five
Skandhas, What Is the Original Body?
5) Maáy OÂng Töï Laø Phaät!—You Yourselves Are Buddha!
6) Moãi Ngöôøi Ñeàu Coù Moät Kho Taøng Voâ Giaù!—Each One of You
Has a Priceless Treasure!
7) Ngöôi Boån Saéc ÔÛ Nuùi, Vaãn Khoâng Veát Dao
Buùa!—Inhabitants of This Mountain Have No Ax With Which to Carve
It!
8) Töôùng Quaân Naõo Loaïn!—Commander Distress!
CXL. Ñaïi AÁn: YÙ Maõ—Mahamudra: Restless and Intractable Mind
450
CXLI.Ñaïi Baùt Nhaõ Ba La Maät Ña Kinh: Maha Prajnaparamita
Sutra 450
1) Baát Nhaäp Nieát Baøn—Not Entering Nirvana
2) Bieân Voâ Bieân Luaän—Commentaries on Finite and Infinite
3) Boán Caùch Dieãn Taû Nieát Baøn—Four Ways of Description of a
Nirvana
4) Chaân Lyù Nhö Lai—Tathagata's Truth
5) Luïc Thaäp Nhò Kieán—The Sixty-Two Views
6) Möôøi Taùm Hình Thöùc Cuûa Khoâng—Eighteen Forms of
Emptiness
7) Phaùt Trieån Taùnh Khoâng—Development of Sunyata in
Prajna-Paramita Sutra
8) Sao Khoâng Taùc Höôûng, Kích Moäc Voâ Thanh—To Knock in the
Sky, a Sound Was Heard; to Strike a Wooden Board, No
Sound Was Heard
9) Sinh Töùc Voâ Sinh, Voâ Sinh Töùc Sinh—To Be Born Is Not to
Be Born, Not to Be Born Is to Be Born
10) Thieàn Voâ Sôû Truï—No-abiding Zen
11) Töï Töôùng Khoâng—Emptiness of Selfhood
12) Voâ Nhò—Non-Duality
13) Voâ Phaùp Khaû Thuyeát Thò Danh Thuyeát Phaùp—No Dharma to
Discourse About; This Is Discoursing About the Dharma
CXLII.Ñaïi Baùt Nieát Baøn Kinh: Lôøi Di Huaán Sau Cuøng Cuûa
Ñöùc Phaät—The Mahaparinirvana Sutra: Buddha’s Last
Instructions to the Sangha 462
CXLIII.Ñaïi Chaâu Hueä Haûi: Ta-chou Hui Hai 463
1) Ñoùi Thì AÊn, Meät Thì Nguû—When Hungry, Eat; When Tired,
Sleep
2) Ñoán Ngoä Nhaäp Ñaïo Yeáu Moân Luaän—Doctrine of the Vital
Gate of Sudden Entry into the Way
3) Haõy Môû Kho Baùu Cuûa Chính Mình Maø Duøng!—Open Your Own
Treasure and Use Those Treasures!
4) Luïc Sö Ngoaïi Ñaïo—The Six Heretical Masters
5) Traêng Loàng Ñaùy Nöôùc, Maáy OÂng Töï Mình Vôùt Leân—The
Moon is Reflected in Water, You Yourself Pick It Up
6) Voâ Taâm—Effortless Action
7) Voâ Taâm Duïng, Voâ Ñaïo Tu—No Mind to Be Framed, No Truth to
Be Disciplined
8) Voâ Tònh Voâ Voâ Tònh—Absolutely Pure
CXLIV.Ñaïi Döông Kænh Huyeàn: T’a-Yang Jing-Xuan 471
1) Ñaïi Döông Caûnh (Caûnh Ñaïi Döông)—T’a-Yang’s State of
Being
2) Chieáu Kieán Phuï Maãu Vò Sanh Thì—Illuminating the Time
Before My Parents’ Birth
3) Dieäu Thöøa Khoâng Theå Tìm Thaáy Treân Ngoân Cuù!—The
Wondrous Vehicle Cannot Be Found on the Path of Words!
4) Ñaùy Bieån Ñaïi Döông Buïi Hoàng Daáy, Treân Ñænh Tu Di Nöôùc
Chaûy Ngang!—Red Dust Rises from the Bottom of the Sea,
Rivers Flow Sideways at Mountain Sumeru’s Summit!
5) Ñaïi Döông Gia Phong (Gia Phong Ñaïi Döông)—T’a-Yang’s Family
Customs and Habits
6) Hieän Thaân Cuûa Theå Minh Voâ Taän—Embodiment of Infinite
Clarity
7) Khaép Caû Hö Khoâng Ngöôøi Ñaõ Hoaøn Toaøn Ñeán Khoâng Toàn
Taïi!—Throughout Vast Emptiness No Such A Person Who
Has Completely Arrived!
CXLV.Ñaïi Ñaêng: Daito 473
1) Baûn Lai Dieän Muïc—Original Face or Buddha-Nature
2) Caàu Phaùp Hay Caàu Côm AÙo?—To Seek Dharma or Clothes and
Food?
3) Ñôøi Tu Haønh ÔÛ Taän Ñaùy Xaõ Hoäi—Cultivation Life As An
Outcast
4) Ñaïi Ñaêng Quoác Sö Vaø Ñaïi Ñöùc Töï—Daito Kokushi and
Daitokuji
5) Tam Chuyeån—Three Kinds of Turning
6) Tam Vaán—Three Questions
7) Thieát Thoaïi—Talk About Iron
CXLVI.Ñaïi Ñieân: Ta-Tien-Pao-Tung 477
1) Löông Cöûu Cô Duyeân—Remaining Silent
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2) Minh Lieãu Chaân Taâm (Ñaïi Ñieân bieát chaân taâm cuûa chính
mình)—Realization of Own True Mind
CXLVII.Ñaïi Ñoàng: T’a-T’ong 478
1) Ñaïi Ñoàng vaø Giaëc Cöôùp—T’a-T’ong and the Bandit
2) Khoâng Nhaøn Ñaøm, Neáu Maáy OÂng Hoûi, Laõo Taêng Ñaùp
Thaúng!—No Idle Talk, If You Ask, I Will Answer You Directly!
3) Ñaïi Ñoàng vaø Trieäu Chaâu Tuøng Thaåm—T’a-T’ong and
Zhao-Chou T’ong-Cheng
CXLVIII.Ñaïi Ñoàng Teá: Khoùm Truùc Nôi Tieàn Ñình, Xanh Maùt
Duø Sau Côn Tuyeát!—Ta-t'ung Chi: The Bamboo Grove in the
Front Court Yard, Freshly Green Even After the Frost 479
CXLIX.Ñaïi Giaùc Hoaøi Lieãn: Ta-Chueh Huai-Lien 480
1) Haét Ca Nöôùc Xuoáng Buøn!—Splashing a Canteen Cup of Water
on the Muddy Floor!
2) Phaûn Quang Töï Kyû—To Turn the Spotlight to Ourselves
CL. Ñaïi Hueä Toâng Caûo: Ta Hui Tsung-kao 481
1) Boäi Lyù—Irrationality
2) Buoâng Baûo Chaâu, Löôïm Cuïc Ñaát!—Drop a Priceless Jewel,
Pick up a Lump of Dirt!
3) Chæ Caàn Quaït Nheï, Laäp Töùc Löûa Seõ Buøng Leân!—Only With
a Slight Fanning, The Fire Will Burst Out!
4) Chæ Coù Caùi Naøy Laø Khoâng Thay Ñoåi!—It's Only This That
Doesn't Change!
5) Chæ Nhö Gioù Thoåi Thaønh Tieáng Keâu Treân Ñaàu Caønh Maø
Thoâi!—It's All Just Wind Whistling in the Tree Top!
6) Coù Khoâng Coù Nhö Bìm Quaán Caây!—It's Like Words Without
Words, Like a Creeper Held Up By a Tree!
7) Coâng AÙn Laø Ngoïn Löûa Lôùn Ñoát Chaùy Taát Caû Nhöõng Con
Saâu Hí Luaän—Koan Is Like A Great Fire Which Burns up
Every Insect of Idle Speculation
8) Ñaùp Ñeà Tuùc Töôùng—A Veteran General of the Dharma
Assembly
9) Ñoát Boä Bích Nham Luïc?—Burned the Pi Yen Lu?
10) Ñöøng Boû Theâm Phaân Treân Ñænh Cuûa Ñoáng Phaân
Nöõa!—Don't Be Just Adding More Shit on Top of a Shit Pile!
11) Huaân Phong Töï Nam—A Fragrant Breeze from the South
12) Khaùn Thoaïi Thieàn—Kan-Hua-Ch'an
13) Khoâng Ngoaïi Vaät Dò, Khoâng Töï Taâm Nan—To Empty Outer
Things is Easy, to Empty Inner Mind is Difficult
14) Ñaïi Hueä Toâng Caûo: Lai Nieân Caùnh Höõu Taân Ñieàu Taïi,
Naõo Loaïn Xuaân Phong Khöôùc Vò Höu—In the Year to Come
There Will Be More Fresh Shoots, Swaying Distractedly in the
Spring Breeze that Blown Ever Gently
15) Laõo Thích Ca Ñaõ Ñeán!—Old Sakyamuni's Come!
16) Laâm Teá Töù Lieäu Giaûn—Lin-Chi's Four Positions
17) Lôøi Caàu Nguyeän—Prayer
18) Loät Mai Ra Thì Ruøa Bay Leân Taän Trôøi!—Shedding Its
Shell, the Turtle Flies Up to Heaven!
19) Nghi Tình Vaø Ñaïi Ngoä—The Inquiring Spirit and Great
Enlightenment
20) Ngoä Khoâng Laø Moät Bieán Coá Ñôn Ñoäc, Maø Laø Moät Tieán
Trình Lieân Tuïc—Awakening Is Not a Single Event But an
Ongoing Process
21) Nhaäp Löu Vong Sôû—Entering the Stream and Losing One's
Abode
22) Nhaát Thieát Phoùng Haï—Let Go of Everything
23) Phaân Bieät Giaûo Keá Taâm Vaø Töï Taâm—Mind of Intellection
and Conceptualization and Self Mind
24) Phaät Caûnh—Buddha-domains (Buddha-sphere)
25) Phaät Caûnh Ma Caûnh—Realm of the Buddha, Realm of Mara
26) Phaät Hay Taâm Ñeàu Laø Nhöõng Caùi Nhaõn Hieäu Khoâng Hôn
Khoâng Keùm!—Words Like 'Buddha' and 'Mind' Are Labels,
Nothing More!
27) Phoå Thuyeát—General Day-To-Day Lectures
28) Sanh Thò Tuøng Haø Xöù? Töû Khöù Ñaùo Haø Xöù?—Whence is
birth? Whither is death?
29) Ñaïi Hueä Toâng Caûo vaø Sö Phuï Vieân Ngoä—Ta-Hui-Zong-Kao
and His Teacher Yuan-Wu
30) Taùm Ñaëc Ñieåm Chính Cuûa Ngoä—Eight Chief Characteristics
of ‘Enlightenment’
31) Taâm Vaø Phaät—Mind and Buddha
32) Teá Taêng Coâng Ñöùc—The Merit of Donating Food to the
Sangha
33) Thò Tòch Keä—Verses of Passing Away
34) Thieàn Beänh—Zen illness
35) Thuï Thöôïng—“Up a Tree”
36) Trieäu Chaâu Vaø Moät Nöûa Ñaïi Taïng Kinh!—Chao Chou and
Half of the Tripitaka!
37) Tu Ñaïo!—Practicing the Way!
38) Tö Löông Phaân Bieän (Söï Khaùi Nieäm
Hoùa)—Conceptualization
39) ÖÙng Duyeân Nhaät Duïng Xöù—To Understand and Make Decisions
and Judgments According to the Conditions
40) Voâ Nhieãm Ñaïo!—The Undefiled Way!
41) Voâ Töï—Wu
42) Xaû Nghieäp Löïc Maø Chaáp Ñaïo Löïc Laø Chæ Uoång Phí Thôøi
Gian—Riding Karma and Talking Dharma Only Wasting
Time
CLI. Ñaïi Höu Chaùnh Nieäm: Daikyu 507
1) Boãng Nhieân Böøng Ngoä Khi Ñaâm Ñaàu Vaøo Caây Coät!—Bumped
Into a Pillar and Suddenly Had an Insight!
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2) Böôùc Ñöôøng Tu Taäp—The Path of Cultivation
3) Vò Taêng Voâ Taâm!—The Entranced Attendant!
CLII.Ñaïi Lieãu: Sao Maáy OÂng Bieát Ñoù Laø Moùn Caù?—Ta-Liao:
How Do You Know That's Fish Flesh? 510
CLIII.Ñaïi Long: Hung of Ta Lung 510
1) Hoa Nuùi Nôû Nhö Gaám, Nöôùc Khe Trong Tôï Chaøm!—Mountain
Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, Valley Streams Are
Brimming Blue As Indigo!
2) Phaät Laø OÂng!—You Are the Buddha!
CLIV.Ñaïi Ngu Tam Quyeàn—Lin-Chi's Lin-Chi Hitting T’a-Wu on the
Side Three Times 512
CLV.Ñaïi Ngu Toâng Tröôùc: Daigu Sochiku 513
1) Laõnh Chuùa Ngu Ngoác Chaúng Bieát Gì Veà Thieàn Caû!—The
Blockhead Lord Who Doesn't Know Anything of Zen!
2) Töï Mình Xaùc Nhaän Chöùng Ngoä—Self-Confirmation
CLVI.Ñaïi Nhaät Naêng Nhaãn Vaø Ñaït Ma Toâng Nhaät
Baûn—Dainichi Nonin and Japanese Nihon-Daruma School 513
CLVII.Ñaïi Nieân Döông ÖÙc: Giaûi Ngoä Keä—Yang Tai-nien: Verse
on an Opened Mental Eye 514
CLVIII.Ñaïi Quang: Ta-Kuang 514
1) Chaúng AÁp UÙng—Never Faltered
2) Daõ Hoà Tinh—Does a Dance
3) Sau Khi Heát Suøng Baùi Toå Sö Môùi Bieát Laø Khoâng Phaûi
Toå Sö—After You Stop Worshipping Ancestors, Then You Know
They Aren't Your Ancestors
4) Töû Thoï—Dead Tree
CLIX.Ñaïi Qui: Ta-kuei 516
1) Ñöa Ñaàu Ra Khoûi Trôøi Vaø Thaáy! Ai Laø Ngöôøi ÔÛ Giöõa
Ñaây?—Pop Your Head Out Beyond Heaven and See! Who Is the
One at the Middle?
2) Gaïo Loâ Laêng Ñaéc Ñoû! Caûi Traán Chaâu Lôùn!—Luling Rice
Is Expensive! Zhenzhou Turnips Are Big!
3) Khoâng Töôùng vaø Tieáng Voïng Chæ Hao Hôi. Tænh Moäng Thì
Giaác Moäng Bieán Maát!—Empty Forms and Echoes Belabor
Your Spirit. Wake Up From Dream, the Dream Is Gone!
4) Phaät Trong Thaønh! Phaät Trong Thoân! Phaät Trong
Nuùi!—Buddha in the City! Buddha in the Village! Buddha in the
Mountain!
5) Söông Treân Ñænh Tuyeát Sôn!—Frost on Top of the Snow
Mountain!
6) Thò Tòch Keä—Death Poem
7) Tröôùc Vaø Sau Khi Ngöu Ñaàu gaëp Töù Toå Ñaïo Tín—Before and
After Niutou Met the Fourth Ancestor Tao Hsin
CLX.Dairyo vaø Sö Phuï Baøn Khueâ Vónh Traùc—Dairyo and His
Master Bankei Eitaku 518
CLXI.Ñaïi Thöøa: Naêm Pheùp Quaùn Theo Phaät Giaùo Ñaïi
Thöøa—Mahayana: Five Approaches to Meditation In Mahayana
Buddhism 519
CLXII.Ñaïi Thöøa Khôûi Tín Luaän: Awakening of Faith 520
1) Baùt Thöùc—Eight Levels of Consciousnesses
2) Chaáp Thuû Töôùng—Clinging Arising from Consciouness of Pain
or Pleasure
3) Luïc Nhieãm Taâm—Six Kinds of Defiled Mind
4) Taâm Tính—The Tathagata-Garbha
CLXIII.Ñaïi Trí Ñoä Luaän: Baát Höõu Töôùng Baát Voâ
Töôùng—Mahaprajnaparamita: Neither With Marks Nor Without Marks
521
CLXIV.Ñaïi Tuøy: Hoûa Kieáp—Ta-Sui: Kalpa of fire 522
CLXV.Ñaïi Töø: Ta-Tzu 523
1) Baùt Nhaõ Phaûi Ñöôïc Kinh Nghieäm, Khoâng Laø Chuû Ñeà Phaân
Tích Baèng Tri Thöùc—The Prajna Is to Be Experienced Not
A Subject of Intellectual Analysis
2) Sôn Taêng Khoâng Bieát Traû Lôøi; Chæ Bieát Choã Beänh—This
Mountain Monk Do Not Know How to Make Answers; Only
Know Where Diseases Are
CLXVI.Ñaïi Tyø Loâ Giaù Na: Boà Ñeà Taâm—Mahavairocana:
Bodhi-Mind 524
CLXVII.Ñaïi ÖÙng Vaø Sö Phuï Vaïn Sôn Ñaïo Baïch—Enzui-daio and
His Teacher Manzan 525
CLXVIII.Ñaïi Xaû: Dai Xa 525
1) Töù Xaø Ñoàng Khieáp Boån Lai Khoâng—The Four Snakes Residing
in Your Luggage Are Originally Empty
2) Voâ UÙy Taâm—Mind of Fearlessness
3) Ñaïi Xaû Vaø Vua Lyù Anh Toâng—Ñai Xa and King Ly Anh
Tong
4) Xem Taâm Nhö Thaùi Ñoä Cuûa Moät Con Ngöïa Ñaù—To Consider
the Mind As the Attitudes of a Stone Horse
CLXIX.Ñaøm Chöông Quaûng Phuùc: Xuaân Ñeán Caây Coái Troå
Hoa—T'an-chang Kuang-fu: When the Spring Comes, All Plants
Bloom 530
CLXX.Ñaøm Loan: Baêng Thöôïng Nhieân Hoûa Duï—T'an Luan:
Fire-Ice Analogy 531
CLXXI.Ñaøm Sôn: Tanzan 531
1) OÂng Laø OÂng Phaät!—You Are A BuddHa!
2) Ñaøm Sôn vaø Sö Phuï Phong Ngoaïi Hueä Haïc—Tanzan and His
Master Fugai Ekun
3) Thoâng Baùo Thò Tòch—Announcement of Death
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4) Toâi Nhaác Coâ Gaùi Leân Taïi Choã, Coøn OÂng Vaãn Coøn Ñang
Coõng Coâ Gaùi Ñoù!—I Lifted the Girl There, But You Are Still
Carrying Her!
CLXXII.Ñaïm Nguyeân ÖÙng Chaân: Caùi Goõ Ñaàu Cuoái
Cuøng!—Tangen Oshin: The Last Smack! 532
CLXXIII.Ñan Haø: Tan Hsia 533
1) Ñöøng Duøng Kinh Ñieån Ñeå Tìm Caàu Khoâng Taùnh!—Don't Go
Using the Buddhist Scriptures to Look for Emptiness!
2) Gaëp OÂng Laõo Vaø Caäu Beù Treân Ñöôøng—Encountered an Old
Man with a Boy on the Road
3) Khieát Phaïn Daõ Vò?—Have You Eaten Yet or Not?
4) Long Sinh Long Töû, Phöôïng Sinh Phöôïng Nhi—Dragons Give
Birth to Dragons. A Phoenix Gives Birth to a Phoenix
5) Phaùp Hieäu Laø Thieân Nhieân—Dharma Name Is T'ien-jan
6) Thieâu Phaät—Burning a Wooden Buddha Statue
7) Vaán Taêng—Questioned A Monk
CLXXIV.Ñaøo Thuûy: Tosui 539
1) Chôù Ñeå Taâm Vaån Ñuïc Vöôùng Maéc Xa Hoa Phuø Phieám Cuûa
Nhöõng Ngöôøi Quí Toäc!—Don't Let Yourself Become
Intoxicated by Association With Nobles
2) Khoâng Caàu Sanh Veà Taây Phöông Cöïc Laïc!—Not to Ask to Be
Reborn in the Western Paradise!
CLXXV.Ñaøo Tieàm: Beá Quan—T'ao-ch'ien: To Shut In 539
CLXXVI.Ñaïo An: Tao-an 540
1) Hoäi Duyeân Nhò Ñeá Luaän—Treatise on the Two Truths as the
Confluence of Conditions
2) Vaïn Höõu Baûn Lai Khoâng—All Things Are Originally By Nature
(inherently) Empty
3) Vaïn Phaùp Nhö AÛo Hieän—All Dharmas Are the Same As Magical
Illusions
CLXXVII.Ñaïo Baùi: Tham Coâng AÙn Nhö Meøo Rình Chuoät, Nhö Gaø
AÁp Tröùng—Tao-Bai: To Practice Koan Exercise As a Cat
Tries to Catch a Rat, or as a Hen Sitting on the Eggs 542
CLXXVIII.Ñaïo Caûnh Hueä Ñoan: Shoju Rojin 543
1) Nhöõng Keû Baét Chöôùc Hoïc Theo Nhöõng Taám Baûng Chæ
Ñöôøng—Lifeless Imitators Studying Signposts
2) Sö Phuï, Thaày Ñang Noùi Caùi Gì Vaäy?—Master, What Are You
Saying?
CLXXIX.Ñaïo Daät vaø Hoøa Thöôïng Kim—Tao-yi and Reverend Kim
544
CLXXX.Ñaïo Haïnh: Dao Hanh 546
1) Chaân Taâm—True Mind
2) Höõu Voâ Nhò Taø Kieán—Existence and Non-existence Are Wrong
Views
CLXXXI.Ñaïo Hueä: Ñòa Thuûy Hoûa Phong Thöùc, Nguyeân Lai Nhaát
Thieát Khoâng—Dao Hue: Earth Water Fire Wind
Consciousness Are Originally Empty 547
CLXXXII.Ñaïo Ngoä Thieân Hoaøng: Tao-Wu T’ien-Huang 548
1) Caùi Huyeàn Dieäu Lôùn—The Great Mystery
2) Chôù Baûo Mình Hieåu Phaät Phaùp!—Don't Say 'I Have Realized
the Buddhadharma!'
3) Con Chaúng Phaûi Ngöôøi Beân Ñoù!—I Haven't Come From That
Place!
4) Ñaàu Cô—To Avail Oneself of an Opportunity
5) Nhaäm Ma—Like This
6) Nhaát Gia Ñieáu UÛy (Ñaïo Ngoâ Baát Ñaïo Baát Ñaïo)—Offering
Ritual Objects to a Deceased Person
7) Nhieàu Coïng Coû Ngaén Deã Daøng Trôû Thaønh Moät Ñaùm Lau
Saäy Um Tuøm!—Short Grasses Easily Become Tall Reeds!
8) Vaán Thaïch Ñaàu—Questioned Shih-T'ou
CLXXXIII.Ñaïo Nguyeân: Caûnh Ñöùc Truyeàn Ñaêng Luïc—Tao-Yuan:
The Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 551
CLXXXIV.Ñaïo Nguyeân Hy Huyeàn: Dogen Eithei 552
1) Ba Möôi Baûy Phaåm Trôï Ñaïo—Thirty Seven Aids to
Enlightenment
2) Baây Giôø Ta Nhaûy Qua!—Now I Leap Through!
3) Baát Khaû Tö Nghì—Inexpressible
4) Baát Tö Duy—Not Thinking
5) Boá Thí—Giving
6) Boà Ñeà Taâm—Bodhi-Mind
7) Boä Söu Taäp 300 Coâng AÙn—Collection of Three Hundred
Cases
8) Caùch Ñôn Giaûn Ñeå Thaønh Phaät—A Simple Way to Become a
Become Buddha
9) Caøng Chöùng Ngoä Caøng Caàn Phaûi Thöïc Haønh—The More
Deeply You Experience awakening, the More You Perceive the
Need for Practice
10) Chaùnh Phaùp Nhaõn Taïng—The Right Dharma Eye Treasury
11) Chæ Quaùn Ñaû Toïa—Nothing But Precisely Sitting
12) Coâng Phu Bieän Ñaïo—The Discourse on the Practice of the
Way
13) Ña Nguyeân—Diversity
14) Ñieån Toïa Giaùo Huaán—Instructions for the Zen Cook
15) Ñieàu Töùc—Regulating One's Breathing
16) Haønh Thieàn Chính Laø Moät Haønh Ñoäng Cuûa Phaät—The
practice of meditation is nothing but the Buddha’s act itself
17) Hieåu Töï Ngaõ Töùc Hieåu Ñaïo—To Understand the Self is to
Understand the Way
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18) Hoïc Ñaïo Duïng Taâm Taäp—Precautions on Practicing the
Way
19) Höõu Thôøi—Being-Time
20) Khi Vaïn Söï Voâ Ngaõ—When Myriad Things Are All Not
Self
21) Khoâng Sanh Khoâng Töû—Neither to Be Born Nor Ended
22) Maét Ngang Muõi Doïc—My Nose Is Vertical, My Eyes Are
Horizontal
23) Ngaõ—Self
24) Nguyeân Lyù Toïa Thieàn—General Presentation of the
Principles of Zazen
25) Nhaân Sinh—Human Life
26) Phaät Taùnh—Buddha-Nature
27) Phoå Khuyeán Toïa Thieàn Nghi—Universal Promotion of the
Principles of Zazen
28) Quyeàn Naêng Phaät—Buddha's Juridical Capacity
29) Sanh Töû—Birth and Death
30) Söï Buoâng Boû Trong Giaùc Ngoä—Dropping off Body and
Mind
31) Söï Hieän Dieän Nhö Thò—Presence of Things As They Are
32) Taâm Phaûi An Treân Böôùc Ñöôøng Tu Taäp—The Mind Must Be At
Ease On the Path of Cultivation
33) Taâm vaø Phaät—Mind and Buddha
34) Thaønh Phaät—To Become Buddha
35) Theå Chöùng Saün Coù—Realization Is Already Here
36) Thieàn Ñöôøng—Buddhist Meditation Hall
37) Thieàn Toïa Thò Ñaïo—Zazen is the Way
38) Thöïc Taïi Cuûa Ñôøi Soáng—Reality of Life
39) Toïa Thieàn—Sitting Meditation
40) Toái Thöôïng Thöøa Thieàn—Zen of the Highest Vehicle
41) Tu Taâm—Cultivate the Mind
42) Töù Chuûng Maõ—Four Kinds of Horses
43) Töï Thoï Duïng Tam Muoäi—Self-Fulfilling Samadhi
44) Vaïn Lyù Voâ Thoán Thaûo—Ten Thousand Miles, Not an Inch of
Grass
45) Voâ Löu Tích—Leaving No Trace.
46) Xaû Ly Thaân Taâm—Cast Off Body and Mind
CLXXXV.Ñaïo Ninh Khai Phöôùc: T'ao-ning K'ai-fu 578
1) Khoâng Gì Coù Theå Ngaên Caûn OÂng Töï Thaáy Cho Chính
Mình!—Nothing's Stopping You From Seeing For Yourself!
2) Noài Nöôùc Ñang Soâi—The Pot of Boiling Water
3) Toaøn Thaân Phaät Voâ Töôùng!—The Entire Buddha Body Is
Formless!
4) YÙ Vaø Caâu!—Meanings and Words!
CLXXXVI.Ñaïo Phoù Suùc Thuû (Ñaïo Phoù Ruùt Tay)—Tao-fu's
Withdrawing of His Hand 580
CLXXXVII.Ñaïo Sanh: Ngöôøi Thieát Laäp Thieàn Ñöôøng Ñaàu Tieân
Taïi Nhaät—Dosho: One Who Established the First Zen
Meditation Hall in Japan 580
CLXXXVIII.Ñaïo Sinh: T’ao-Sheâng 581
1) Ñieåm Thaïch—The Stone Nodded in Approval
2) Moïi Thöïc Theå Keå Caû Xieån Ñeà Ñeàu Coù Phaät
Taùnh—Everybody Including Ichchantikas Possess Buddha-Nature
CLXXXIX.Ñaïo Thuùy: Thieân Chaân Ñoäc Laõng—Tao-Sui: The
Fundamental Reality Is the Only Illumination 581
CXC.Ñaïo Tieàm: Tao-Ch'ien 581
1) Hoûi Tröông Tam Lyù Töù!—Ask Chan-San and Li-Szu!
2) Khoâng!—K'ung!
CXCI.Ñaïo Tín: Tao-Hsin 582
1) Haø Tính—What Nature
2) Haõy Ñoùng Cöûa Laïi vaø Ngoài Xuoáng!—Shut the Door and
Sit!
3) Moät Sôïi Chæ—A Thread
4) Phaät Phaùp Noùi Deã Khoù Laøm!—Buddhist Teachings Are Easy
to Say, But Difficult to Do!
5) Quan Leä Töû—Latch of a Door
6) Taùnh Khoâng Vaø Söï Tónh Laëng—Emptiness and Quietude
7) Thieàn Laø Neàn Taûng Phaùt Trieån Giaùc Ngoä—Zen Is the
Fundamental Development of Enlightenment
CXCII.Ñaïo Toâng: Phieâu Laõng Quyû Quoác—Dao-tsung: Drifting to
the Land of the Demons 586
CXCIII.Ñaïo Öng: Tao-ying 587
1) Chaúng Öôùt! Chaúng Khoâ!—It's Not Wet, Not Dry!
2) Ñoà Nhaø Queâ!—You, Clownish Guy!
3) Hoaèng Giaùc Thieàn Sö—Vast Awakening Zen Master
4) Khieán Ñoäng Sôn Toaùt Moà Hoâi Hoät!—Caused Tung Shan's
Entire Body Broke Out in a Sweat!
5) Muoán Ñaït Nhö Theá Phaûi Laø Ngöôøi Nhö Theá!—To Desire to
Attain Such a Thing, You Must Be Such a Person!
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6) Neáu Coù Moät Con Ñöôøng Nhö Theá, Thì Con Laäp Töùc Boû Hoøa
Thöôïng Maø Ñi Leân Ñoù!—If There’s Such a Path, Then I’ll
Leave You Immediately to Go on It!
7) Nhaát Baû Mao Caùi Ñaàu—To Cover the Head with a Bundle of
Thatch
8) Noùi Leân Treân Töùc Chaúng Teân Ñaïo Öng!—If I Looked Up,
Then There's Nothing Named Tao-Ying!
9) Theá Toân Maät Ngöõ!—The World Honored One's Secret
Phrase!
CXCIV.Ñaïo Vieân: Tao-yuan 590
1) Nhaân Quaû Baát Laïc? Baát Muoäi?—Cause and Effect, Not
Falling? Not Obscuring?
2) Ñaïo Vieân Vaø Sö Phuï Hoaøng Long Hueä Nam—Tao-yuan and His
Master Huang Lung Hui Nan
CXCV.Ñaïo Xöôùc: An Laïc Taäp—T'ao Ch'o: Book of Peaceful and
Joyful Practices 591
CXCVI.Ñaàu Töû Ñaïi Ñoàng: T’ou-Tzi Ta-t'ung 591
1) AÁy Laø Trôøi Möa Ñaáy!—The Falling Rain!
2) Chaúng Cho Ñi Ñeâm, Ñôïi Ñeán Saùng Seõ Ñeán!—Can’t Make the
Journey at Night, Must Arrive in the Daylight!
3) Cho Toâi Tieàn Traø Muoái!—Tea, Salt, a Coin, Please Help
Me!
4) Dieãn Xuaát Ñaïi Taïng Giaùo!—Demonstrate the Teaching of All
the Scriptures!
5) Ñaùp Phaät—Answers Buddha
6) Ñoù Chæ Laø Danh Töï Maø Maáy OÂng OÂm Giöõ Thoâi!—It's Due
to This Name That You Esteem and Sustain!
7) Ñöøng Töï Taùc Ñaïi, Cuõng Ñöøng Tin Coù Ta Coù Ngöôøi!—Don't
Build Yourself Up, and Don't Believe in Self and Other!
8) Hoâm Nay Laõo Taêng Bò Ñau Löng!—Today, This Old Monk Has a
Back Pain!
9) Khoâ Moäc Long Ngaâm, Ñoäc Laâu Lyù Sö Töû Hoáng—The Dragon
Bellow From Within the Withered Tree; Inside the Skull
the Lion Roars
10) Môû Roài Ñaáy!—They Are Open!
11) Thò Phi Giao Keát Xöù—Afflictions Are Places that Arised
from Gossips of Right and Wrong
12) Ñaàu Töû Ñaïi Ñoàng vaø Thuùy Vi—T’ou-Tzi Ta-t'ung and
Ts'ui-Wei
13) Traû Lôøi Caâu Hoûi "Vaên Thuø Coù Thaày Khoâng?"—Answered
the Question "Did Manjusri Have a Teacher?"
14) Troïn Khoâng Noùi Höôùng Thöôïng Höôùng Haï, Coù Phaät, Coù
Phaùp, Coù Phaøm, Coù Thaùnh!—I Will Never Say That Above,
Below, a Buddha, a Dharma, Ordinary or Sacred!
15) Töø Teá Ñaïi Sö—Great Teacher Compassionate Succor
16) YÙ Thöùc Khoâng Bao Giôø Ngöøng Chaûy!—Consciousness Never
Stops Flowing!
CXCVII.Ñaàu Töû Ñaïo Toâng: Caø Sa Khoûa Haøi—T'ou-Tzu
Tao-Tsung: Straw Sandals in My Vestment 596
CXCVIII.Ñaàu Töû Nghóa Thanh: T'ou-Tzu Yi-Qing 597
1) Loan Phuïng Bay Giöõa Hö Khoâng Chaúng Ñeå Daáu Veát!—A
Phoenix Soaring Into the Heavens, Not Leaving a Trace
Behind!
2) Moùn AÊn Ngon Khoâng Caàn Ñoái Vôùi Ngöôøi Buïng No!—Fancy
Food Doesn’t Interest Someone Who’s Full!
3) Ngay Caû Ba Taác Tuyeát Khoâng Nghieàn Naùt Ñöôïc Taâm Thöùc
Cuûa Caây Tuøng Moät Phaân!—Even Three Feet of Snow Can't
Crush a One-Inch Spiritual Pine!
4) Ngöu Taïi—"Cow is Still Here"
5) Nhaát Thieát Phaät AÂm—All Sounds Are Sounds of Buddha
6) Nhaát Töï Quan—A One-Word Gate
7) Taøo Kheâ Ñoäng Lieâm Quyeän—The Cao-T’ong Screen Rolled
Up
8) Thaäp Thaân Ñieàu Ngöï—Ten Buddha-Bodies
9) Thò Tòch Keä—Death Poem
10) Töùc Taâm Töï Taùnh—Mind Is Self Nature
CXCIX.Dennis Genpo Merzel: 602
1) Chaân Taùnh—True Nature
2) Voâ Chaáp Giaûi Thoaùt—Liberation by Freedom from All
Attachments
CC. Ñeà Ña Ca: Patriarch Dhitaka (Dhritaka) 603
1) Caûi Ñaïo Di Giaø Ca Vaø 8.000 Ñeä Töû—Converted Micchaka and
His Eight Thousand Followers
2) Ngoä Roài Nhö Chöa Ngoä, Khoâng Taâm Cuõng Khoâng
Phaùp—Enlightened and Not-Enlightened Are the Same, There Is
Neither Mind Nor Thing
CCI. Dhammananda: Boán Ñoái Töôïng Thích Hôïp Cho Vieäc Taäp
Trung Tö Töôûng—Dhammananda: Four Objects That Are
Suitable For Development of Concentration 604
CCII.Ñòa Taïng Kinh: Taùnh Thöùc Baát Ñònh—The Earth Store
Bodhisattva Sutra: Unfixed Natures and Consciousnesses 604
CCIII.Ñieàn Vöông Tö Phaät—King Udayana Thinks of the Buddha
605
CCIV.Ñònh Chaâu: Toïa Ñoaïn (Tieâu tröø, queùt saïch)—Ting-chou:
To Eradicate, to Clean up Completely 605
CCV.Ñònh Höông: Dinh Huong 606
1) Chaùnh Kieán Ñoaïn Tröø Ñieân Ñaûo vaø Giuùp Thaáy Chaân
Taùnh—Right Understanding Alone Removes Illusions and Help
Cognizing the Real Nature
2) Ngoä Roài Cuõng Ñoàng Chöa Ngoä!—When I Have Understood Is No
Different From When I Did Not Understand!
3) Thò Tòch Keä—Verse of Death
CCVI.Ñònh Khoâng: Coå Phaùp—Ñinh Khong: Ancient Dharma 608
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CCVII.Ñònh Thöôïng Toïa: Ting Shang-Tso 609
1) Neáu Khoâng Coù Hai OÂng Ñaây Caàu Khaån, Ta Ñaõ Ñöa Ngöôi
Xuoáng Doø Ñaùy Thieàn!—If These Two Hadn't Rescued You, I
Would Let You Find the Bottom of Zen!
2) Tieâu Tröø, Queùt Saïch!—To Eradicate, to Clean up
Completely!
CCVIII.Ñoaïn Kieàu: Sinh Töø Ñaâu, Cheát Veà Ñaâu?—Tuan Chiao:
Where Was I Before Birth, Where Will I Be After Death? 610
CCIX.Ñôn Ñoàng Ñaïi Nhaãn: Dainin Katagiri 610
1) Quy Y Phaät Phaùp Taêng Laø Neàn Taûng Cuûa Giôùi Luaät
Phaät—Taking Refuge in the Triple Treasure Is the Foundation of
the Precepts
2) Theá Giôùi Cuûa Khaùi Nieäm Chæ Laø Baûn Veõ Xaây Nhaø—The
World of Conceptualization is Kind of a Blueprint for a House
3) Trôû Veà Vôùi Söï Im Laëng—Returning to Silence
CCX.Ñoà Laêng Huyeän UÙc: Ñaàu Cô Keä—Tu-Ling-Huen-Yu:
Enlightenment Verse 612
