300 Koan-s = 360 Degrees of Wisdom -- 2nd quadrant

p.

koan #

koan

p.

degree #

degree

332

242

"brush marks on paper"

91

Cn 1

"Flag" {cf. Aztec paper flags (PP)}

333

243

"you ... on a one-thousand-foot cliff"

92

Cn 2

"Observes Vast Vistas Below"

335

244

"one thousand hands" {cf. [Maya day-glyph] Manik ‘hand’}

93

Cn 3

"Reindeer"{cf. [Aztec day-sign] Mazatl ‘deer’}

   

"the eye of wisdom"

94

Cn 4

"A Cat" {cat’s eye ?}

336

245

"one finger ... cut off"

95

Cn 5

"only way ... Wrecked"

337

 

"brambles" {cf. Christ’s crown of brambles}

96

Cn 6

"Nests" {cf. birds atop Rehua’s head (M 2, p. 455)}

338

246

"different from weeping"

97

Cn 7

"carefree joy"

339

247

"self-approval"

98

Cn 8

"Dignified"

340

248

"how to grasp emptiness"

99

Cn 9

"Trying to Catch"

   

"yanked his nose" {cf. ‘nose to the grindstone’}

100

Cn 10

"grinding away"

341

249

"I am like this."

101

Cn 11

"Caricaturing"

342

 

"a teacher"

102

Cn 12

"a Great Teacher"

344

250

"with empty hands"

103

Cn 13

"A Hand, Which is Held out Receptively"

 

251

"the place of no birth and no death"

104

Cn 14

"a Vast Dark Space to the Northeast"

346

252

"chick and hen" {‘hen-&-chicks’ = succulents, whereof aloe can soothe overeating}

105

Cn 15

"A Group of People Who Have Overeaten"

 

253

"held up a flower ..., and twirled it"

106

Cn 16

"Studying a Mandala"

348

254

"Form is born"

107

Cn 17

"The Seed Grows"

   

"name comes"

108

Cn 18

"A Hen is Scratching" {cf. Chinese theory that writing originated from chickens’ scratchings}

349

255

"a whisk" {of the New Order, to whisk away the Old Order?}

109

Cn 19

"of the New Order ... Eager"

350

256

"drowns him with kindness"

110

Cn 20

"Gondoliers in a Serenade"

351

257

"Hear sound and be enlightened"

111

Cn 21

"Prima Donna ... Singing"

352

258

"banished"

112

Cn 22

"Awaiting a Sailboat"

354

259

"echo"

113

Cn 23

"Literary Society"

355

260

"Where do we go ...?"

114

Cn 24

"Cast Away on a Small Island"

   

"No suffering can reach there."

115

Cn 25

"Wrapped in an Invisible Cloak"

356

261

"verse ... in what aeon ...?"

116

Cn 26

"Reading ... quiet moments"

357

262

"the sound of a bell"

117

Cn 27

"Violent Storm"

358

263

"held up a chopstick"

118

Cn 28

"An Indian Girl Introduces ... to Her Assembled Tribe" {this would be done holding a ‘talking-stick’}

359

 

"a pair of wild fox spirits"

119

Cn 29

"Greek ... New Born Twins" {cf. twins of Messenia, emblem of which was (GM 146.k, 6) a fox}

360

264

"turned over the ... seat"

120

Cn 30

"Revolution" {overturning the seat of government}

361

265

"a single hair ... a horse" {cf. O`dinn’s epithet "horse-hair"}

   

{military leaders are often depicted on horseback}

362

266

embarrassment of monastic officials

121

Le 1

"embarrassing’

364

267

"work with the pen"

122

Le 2

"news"

 

268

"One day the old"

123

Le 3

"Mature ... Keeping up with the Times"

   

"spread open his arms"

124

Le 4

"Trophies" {often sized by spreading open the arms}

366

269

"a bamboo" {cf. Navaho hollow reed having similar function to towering rock whereon the people escaped the deluge}

125

Le 5

"Rock Formations Towering"

367

270

"Then why can’t I hear it?"

126

Le 6

"Conservative ... Is Confronted"

369

271

"plow" {cf. Ursa Major as "Plough" (S-N, p. 431)}

127

Le 7

"Constellations of Stars"

370

272

"looked toward the east, then the west ... frost"

128

Le 8

"a beacon" {beacons often use frosted glass}

372

273

"a good buddha."

129

Le 9

"Controlled Breathing"

   

"He just didn’t shine."

130

Le 10

"dark night of the soul."

374

274

"setting up a pitfall"

131

Le 11

"a Swing" {in Bankok, contestants lost their lives in falling from the Giant Swing (GS)}

 

275

"meal servers ... find out that for yourself."

132

Le 12

"Garden Party ... getting to know each other."

375

276

"Is the water deep ...?"

133

Le 13

"Sea Captain"

377

277

"A bodyless person"

134

Le 14

"a Human Soul"

   

"sweeps away tracks, leaving a trail."

135

Le 15

"Moving along a Street"

378

278

"nothing is hidden"

136

Le 16

"Brilliant Sunshine"

379

279

"People ... do not have a great function."

137

Le 17

"a Rehearsal."

380

280

"Where’s the gold?"

138

Le 18

"Chemist" – "Alchemy"

382

281

"to anchor a vessel"

139

Le 19

"Houseboat Party"

383

282

"drew a circle" {the sun’s ecliptic ?}

140

Le 20

"a Ritual to the Sun"

384

283

"the spring freezes in the ... ravine" {[<ibri>] <ayin ‘water-spring; eye’}

141

Le 21

"Dizzily" {seeing frozenly?}

386

284

"took a few steps."

142

Le 22

"finding the route"

388

 

"live horses"

143

Le 23

"A Bareback Rider"

 

285

"going beyond dharma body"

144

Le 24

"in a State of Neglect of His Body."

389

 

"at the margin of the water jar!"

145

Le 25

"A Large Camel" {by hauling water-jars, camels afford marginal existence in nearly waterless regions}

390

286

"the sound of raindrops."

146

Le 26

"a Heavy Storm"

392

287

"turn the dharma wheel ... of the donkey"

147

Le 27

"Daybreak" {S^ims^o^n ‘sun’ turned a mill, as would an ass}

393

288

"great elements"

148

Le 28

"a Large Tree" {[Hellenic] hule ‘wood; matter’}

394

289

"I won’t say dead."

149

Le 29

"Will Bring Her Immortality"

396

290

"Wide View ... Aside"

150

Le 30

"could be seen by the wrong eyes."

397

291

"carefully examine Master ...’s "eye ..." ... it is untainted"

151

Vi 1

"In a Portrait ... with ... the negative factors left out."

   

"the black mountain."

152

Vi 2

"Top of a High Hill"

399

292

"The dharma body is ... the pure, uncreated, and formless body"

153

Vi 3

"Guardian Angels"

 

293

"badgers and white oxen." {badgers are black-&-white, and may be a vector for bovine tuberculosis}

154

Vi 4

"Black and White Children"

400

294

"Each of these monkeys carries an ancient mirror" {Chinese use mirrors to detect unseen spirits}

155

Vi 5

"Becoming Aware of Nature Spirits and Normally Unseen Spiritual Energies"

401

295

"brings ... to the top"

156

Vi 6

"yo-yoing"

   

"heap of flesh"

157

Vi 7

"A Harem"

402

 

"kicks out"

158

Vi 8

"Dancing Lesson"

 

296

"pass beyond sound and form"

159

Vi 9

"Expressionist Painter"

403

 

"one side is illuminated and the other is dark."

160

Vi 10

"looking out and beyond the Shadows"

404

297

"when the stone tortoise"

161

Vi 11

"Molded in ... Aspirations"

405

298

"has no expression"

162

Vi 12

"with Her Veil"

407

299

"turned his head"

163

Vi 13

"Overcomes a State of Political Hysteria"

408

300

"ordinary or sacred ... pillar"

164

Vi 14

"Finely ... and Mysterious ... Tree"

3

1

"been to India"

165

Vi 15

"traveled abroad"

4

2

"a true person"

166

Vi 16

"Orangutan"

5

3

"moonlight came through the window"

167

Vi 7

"A Volcanic Eruption" {lava glowing with light}

6

4

"The Heart/Mind Sutra."

168

Vi 18

"a Ouija Board"

8

5

"swallow up the Xi River"

169

Vi 19

"Swimming Race"

9

6

"the great earth"

170

Vi 20

"Promised Lands"

10

7

"falling into the secondary?" {is this "secondary" a hoop ?}

171

Vi 21

"Basketball"

11

8

"polishing"

172

Vi 22

"Precious Stones"

12

 

"tasted sweet nectar." {cf. honey found in lion by S^ims^o^n}

173

Vi 23

"A Lion Tamer"

14

9

"let him enter."

   

"Rushes Fearlessly into"

15

10

"moved closer."

174

Vi 24

"followed"

16

 

"The bright shining sun"

   

"Lamb" {"a lamb is in the sun" (CM, p. 195; F 5:339-40)}

   

"The pure whispering wind"

175

Vi 25

"A Flag" {flag is emblem of Vayu the wind-god}

 

11

abbot’s "attendant"

176

Vi 26

"A Boy ... Serves near the Priest at the Altar"

17

12

"When I am not speaking, I hear it."

177

Vi 27

"issues that really should be discussed are ... covered up"

18

13

"the moon is full?"

178

VI 28

"Bald-Headed" {"hairless olohe people" = "dog people" (HM, p. 343) : cf. "Dog in the Moon" (DM)}

19

14

"millions of objects’

179

Vi 29

"every detail"

20, n. 2

 

"the bent one is a crooked buddha."

   

"Ancient Scroll" [over which the secretive reader is hunched ?]

20

15

"ten directions"

180

Vi 30

"Any Distractions"

PP = http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dpalfrey/dppapelpicado.html

M 2 =Elsdon Best : The Maori. Vol. 2. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bes02Maor-t1-body-d10.html

S-N = Richard Hinckley Allen : Star-Names and Their Meanings. 1899.

GS = http://blogtours.com/bangkok-thailand-giant-swing

CM = S. Baring-Gould : Curious Myths of the Middle Ages. Boston, 1904.

F 5 = Folklore , vol. 5 (1894).

HM = Martha Beckwith : Hawaiian Mythology. Yale U. Pr, 1940.

DM = http://www.mscd.edu/~physics/astro/doginmoon.htm

main references:--

Kazuaki Tanahashi (translator) & Daido Loori (commentator) : The True Dharma Eye : Zen Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans. Shambhala, Boston, 2005.

Lynda Hill : 360 Degrees of Wisdom : ... the Sabian Oracle. Hill & Hill P/L, 1995.