p.

koan #

koan

p.

degree #

degree

137

103

"recently became a successor of the Zen school."

271

Cap 1

"Claims Recognition and Power from the ... Tribe"

138

"The lineage transmitted uninterruptedly from ancient times until now has been broken."

272

Cap 2

"Gothic Church ... Damaged"

140

104

"personally ... experienced"

273

Cap 3

"The Human Soul, in Its Eagerness for New Experiences,

142

105

"Throughout the body ..."

Seeks Embodiment"

143

106

"arrived ... the ... gate."

274

Cap 4

"Entering ...

144, n. 6

"Great foamy waves"

Journey by Water"

145

107

"My unmoored canoe"

275

Cap 5

"Rowing a Canoe"

146

108

"in darkness. Pines are straight"

276

Cap 6

"Ten Logs ... Leading to Darker Woods"

"head is white. ... head is black." {referring (in the jargon of vodun) to possession by a spirit as god in one’s head?}

277

Cap 7

"Prophet ... Seized by the Power of a God."

147

109

"to the fireplace"

278

Cap 8

"in the House"

148

110

"to come forward ... outside sound"

279

Cap 9

"Comes Carrying a Harp"

"holding on to the fan" {with a fan, cf. a ship’s sail}

280

Cap 10

"from the Hand of a Sailor"

149

"reflecting an image."

281

Cap 11

"Display Their Brilliant Colors

150

111

"clogged up with sand."

on a Private Estate." {the most favored location for a private resort being a sandy beach ?}

152

112

"How do you understand that the three worlds are ... ?"

282

Cap 12

"A Student of Nature"

"You don’t understand"

"Little-Known"

"a bamboo stick" {cf. the "pithy hollow of a giant fennel-stalk" (GM 39.g) wherewithin Prometheus brought fire"}

283

Cap 13

"A Fire Worshipper"

"It’s impossible to find ... the in the entire world ... the Buddhadharma." {had it reached oblivion by then ?}

284

Cap 14

"a Long-Forgotten Culture"

153

113

"I block your eyes ... I cover your ears"

285

Cap 15

"In a Hospital" [are the wounded bandaged therein?]

154

114

"How does it get into its skin bag?"

286

Cap 16

"in Gymnasium Suits"

155

"It intentionally offends."

287

Cap 17

"Surreptitiously"

"it has karmic consciousness." [viz., guilt]

288

Cap 18

"The Union Jack" [national guilt ?]

156

115

"threw it over his back."

289

Cap 19

"Carrying a Huge Shopping Bag Filled" [most readily carried on the back?]

"you should study the Buddhadharma diligently."

290

Cap 20

"during a Religious Service"

"after travelling thirty miles"

291

Cap 21

"a Relay Race"

158

116

"Even with no reflection ..."

292

Cap 22

"A General Accepting Defeat Gracefully" [in defeat, will do without reflective brass medals?]

159

117

"An ancient ... An ancient" [twice!]

293

Cap 23

"Two Awards"

160

118

"ten answers"

294

Cap 24

"a Convent" [its rules being based on the 10 Commandments?]

"genuine"

295

Cap 25

"Oriental Rug"

"tears rolling down"

296

Cap 26

"Waterfall"

"went to the mountains"

297

Cap 27

"A Mountain Pilgrimage"

"I will not depend upon someone else’s mouth."

298

Cap 28

"A Large Aviary" [where even parrots have to do without being spoken to?]

162

119

"What is the ... ? ... The cypress tree"

299

Cap 29

"Reading Tea Leaves’

163

120

"why are we confined by life?"

300

Cap 30

"Meet in Secret"

"This is the monastery office."

301

Aqu 1

"Adobe Mission"

"ladle ... some day."

302

Aqu 2

"An Unexpected Thunderstorm."

164

121

"locked the gate ... to him."

303

Aqu 3

"A Deserter ... :

165

"... by saying his own name."

Freedom is Never the Result of a Compromise" {to be accepted in the country that was deserted into, the deserter must adopt even a new name, in its language ?}

166

122

"The fire god seeks fire."

304

Aqu 4

"Healer" "Glows" with "a Mystic ... Power"

"the self seeking self."

305

Aqu 5

"Ancestors ... to Guide a Man"

"it wouldn’t have come down to this day." [it did, but only as a mystery to be acted out?]

306

Aqu 6

"in a Mystery Play"

168

123

"the nature of wind

307

Aqu 7

"Born out of an Eggshell" {cf. the "wind-egg" (AB, act 1, scene 6 -- CP&P, p. 447)}

is permanent"

308

Aqu 8

"on Display" [permanently ?]

"just fanned"

309

Aqu 9

"A Flag Turning into ..."

169

124

"It is just like a ..."

310

Aqu 10

"the Embodiment of an Ideal

"But how come the ... did not ...? It would have been much better."

is Made to Realize That ... Is Not This Ideal"

"At midnight Ming understood ..."

311

Aqu 11

"During a Silent Hour, a Man Receives a New Inspiration"

170

125

"true ... like empty sky."

312

Aqu 12

"Vast ..., Graduated Upward"

"... forms just like water."

313

Aqu 13

"A Barometer"

"It’s just like a well looking at the donkey." [donkeys were for hauling freight, similarly as a modern train]

314

Aqu 14

"A Train Entering a Tunnel"

172

126

"transcend discriminations"

315

Aqu 15

"Sitting on a Fence" [(in political lingo,) remaining non-committal]

171

"the meditation platform"

316

Aqu 16

"at His Desk"

"Lord ... Wen was confused about this." [i.e., was becoming annoyed, becoming about to take violent action again the Zen master] But, "Dadian’s attendant monastic" took action to mollify that Lord, thus protecting Da-dian.

317

Aqu 17

"Protecting His Master"

173

127

"seeing past the dragon mask"

318

Aqu 18

"A Man Being Unmasked

"In front, three by three; in back three by three."

at a Masquerade"

174

128

"the drum" [drum-cylinders are traditionally made by burning away the interior of a log of wood]

319

Aqu 19

"Forest Fire"

"the noon meal"

320

Aqu 20

"A Large White Dove Bearing a Message" {was this message an olive-twig? olives enhance meals}

176

129

"I think not-thinking."

321

Aqu 21

"Disappointed and Disillusioned"

177

130

"lion’s" {the lion is stereotypically courageous; the "face" only remained of the lion Kirtti-mukha -- FG}

"Courageously Facing"

178

131

"his flesh is still warm.

322

Aqu 22

"A Rug Placed on the Floor [ rug is for keeping bare feet warm]

179

132

"descendants"

for Children"

182, n. 1

133

"north pole"

323

Aqu 23

"A Big Trained Bear" {cf. polar bear?}

183

134

"is a person cold?" ["cold" = emotionless?]

324

Aqu 24

"A Man Turning His Back on His Passions"

184

135

"the qualifications to accept the position?"

"Deep Wisdom from His Experience"

185

136

"when a person who has died the great death comes to life?"

325

Aqu 25

"A Butterfly" {cf. [Chinese] re-incarnation of lovers as butterflies – LBL}

186

137

"Has the snow ... gone away?"

326

Aqu 26

"Testing ... with a Hydrometer"

188

138

"Does brightness accord, or does darkness accord?" [allusion to NAMucI, who was safe during daylight and at nighttime]{cf. [Irish] goddess Niamh (< *NAMI = "Nami in connection with Namuci" -- CIV, p. 162), in whose ancient land "petals are thick on the ground" (O&N)}

327

Aqu 27

"An Ancient Pottery Bowl Filled with Fresh Violets" {[Kemetian folktale] from contents "in the bowl" developed "two persea trees" (TTB) : persea "was the sacred plant of Isis" (HEP, p. 68, fn. 148), Isis being taken into service by the woman NEManous (CDCM)}

189

"The forest ... can impair"

328

Aqu 28

"A Tree Felled"

139

"Without cutting off desire enter nirvan.a." [nirvan.a ‘extinction’ is the extinguishment of a flame; a candle-flame often being extinguished by a moth’s entering it as the result of ardent desire]

329

Aqu 29

"A Butterfly

" ‘Enter’ is not for you." [this was said to a Commander, Commanders being know for their avarice for gold]

Emerging from a Chrysalis" (khuse ‘gold’ specks being on the cocoon of monarch butterflies)

190

140

"What is the mind of the ancient buddhas?"

330

Aqu 30

"Moonlit ..., Once Babylon"

192

141

"the assembly came together."

331

Pis 1

"Crowded Public"

193

142

"a pillow" {cf. stone pillow of Ya<qob when he slept for dream of climbing to heaven} {cf. [Kofan] owner of fish-containing tree is transformed "into stone which thunders" (AM8)}

332

Pis 2

"A Squirrel {cf. [Kofan] Squirrel severeth liana tying fish-containing tree suspended thus from the sky even after

"a tree is pruned"

tree’s trunk-base hath been severed (AM8)}

194

143

"need to confirm this with the ancient emperors Yu, Tang, Yao or Shun?"

333

Pis 3

"an Eternal Record of a Life Lived Long Ago"

196

144

"two monastics passed near"

334

Pis 4

"Traffic Linking Two

"the waves of Caoxi"

Seaside Resorts"

198

146

"the ... flag ... mind that is moving."

336

Pis 6

"A Parade of Army Officers"

199

147

"Those who ... have not had realization, look, look!"

337

Pis 7

"Illuminated by a Shaft of Light"

200

148

"the teaching of the insentient?" {are "the insentient" solids, liquids, and vapors?}

"Rocks Surrounded by Sea and Mist"

202

149

"Then what is this rice-field itself?" "One by one, each and every person."

338

Pis 8

"A Girl {females are often likened to fields for males to plant their seed into}

203

150

"have him raise his eyebrows and blink." [this is the physiological response to being suddenly rudely awakened.]

Blowing a Bugle" [for reveille]

204

151

"the most precious treasure of the Way?"

339

Pis 9

"The Race ... Outdistancing" [valuable prizes are awarded to the winners]

"not flatter others?" [flattery is done in high-flown phraseology.]

340

Pis 10

"An Aviator

205

152

"It is my fault."

in the Clouds." {cf. "God ... through the dark cloud" (>YWB 22:13)" "sendeth rain ... on the unjust." (Matthaios 5:45)}

207

153

"on a street."

341

Pis 11

"Traveling a Narrow Path,

"Who knows the power-attaining phrase?"{Paulos came to the "street which is called Straight" (Acts 9:11), after having heard (Acts 9:4-5) the voice from heaven.}

Seeking Illumination" {cf. "suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven" (Acts 9:3)}

208

154

"A monastic came by and asked him, "Which is the Way that leads to ... this sickle for ... use ...""

342

Pis 12

"An Examination of Initiates ... of an Occult Brotherhood" {were they prospective Druids being asked the meaning of the cutting of mistletoe with a golden sickle?}

209

155

"For thirty years I have looked for a sword."

343

Pis 13

"A Sword" is "Now in a Museum."

211

156

"like ice in fire."

344

Pis 14

"A Woman" is "Wrapped in Fox Fur." [the woman is frigid, even in fox-fire?]

212

157

"Words are like ..."

345

Pis 15

"Simulated’

213

"burst into laughter."

346

Pis 16

"Experiences ... Inspiration"

214

158

"each-and-every particle samadhi?"

347

Pis 17

"Easter" {in Manichaeism, each and every soul-particle must be raised up into heaven – MM, M}

215

159

"Nanyang was asked by emperor ..." [was this in the huge imperial courtroom?]

348

Pis 18

"In a Huge Tent a Famous Revivalist

216

160

"Prince Nalakuvara cut out his own bones .... and sliced his flesh ... What is his original body?"

Conducts ... a Spectacular Performance" {cf. most spectacular performance by shamans, the cutting off and restoring of their own body’s flesh}

217

161

"Worker Shishi ... took up work in a mill." [Nala-kuvara was liberated by means of a millstone – DN&M] Even "during the persecution of Buddhism", he continued to instruct on Buddhism.

349

Pis 19

"A Master ... Instructing His Disciple"

218

162

"that covers the tips of the one hundred grasses." [the 100 are the plutocratic families; the tips are social niceties, covering which are rules of etiquette]

350

Pis 20

"A Table ... Set for the Evening Meal" [table-manners are the prime rules of etiquette, at banquets of the aristocracy]

"Inseparable."

351

Pis 21

"A Little White Lamb, a Child and ..." [inseparable from her, "everywhere that mary went, the lamb was sure to go"]

219

163

"a mountain ... for a seamless monument"

352

Pis 22

"Bringing Down the New Law from the Mountain"

221

164

"host and guest"

353

Pis 23

"A Materializing Medium ... Given a Seance" [medium is host; materialization is guest]

222

165

"I have not spoken a word ..." [vid., such speech hath remained unknown to the general public, and would be lost on it; but hath created a community of its own]

354

Pis 24

"The Tiny Island ... Its ... Inhabitants Have Created a World All Their Own"

223

166

"Where are they?"

355

Pis 25

"The Purging of the Priesthood"

224, n. 1

"Dreaming a dream within a dream." {"A dream of a dream. To teach me ... by ... the moon." (MDD)} {"A dream of a dream actually ... moon was haunted" (SD)} {"Dream of a dream and ... sickle moon" (VM)}

356

Pis 26

"A New Moon Reveals That It’s Time for People to Go Ahead with Their Different Projects"

224

167

"the true dharma eye"

357

Pis 27

"A Harvest Moon" {this is the eye of H.R (Horos)}

225

168

"clear, bright ... moon"

358

Pis 28

"the Full Moon"

227

169

"the autumn" [with variegated leaves?]

359

Pis 29

"Breaking into Many Colors"

228

170

"horse that starts running upon seeing the shadow" {cf. Chaya (‘shadow’) as replacement (Chh) for mare-goddess (S) Saran.yu (Sa)}

360

Pis 30

"A Majestic Rock Formation Resembling ... a Boy ... as He Grows Up, He Begins to Look Like It" {cf. shaping of both artisan-materials & humans by god Tvas.t.r, father of Saran.yu (T)}