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.