Subject Indexes to 1,975 Zen Koans

Zen Koans

Zen Buddhist Koans: Indexes, Information, Bibliography, Commentary

https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/zenkoans.htm

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans (BCR)

Book of Serenity 100 Koans (BOS)

Dogen's Shinji Mana Shobogenzo 301 Koans (DSMS)

Dogen's Shobogenzo 95 Essays (DSE)

Entangling Vines 272 Koans (ENT)

Fireplace Records 48 Koans (TFR)

Flock of Fools 98 Parables (OHPB)

Gateless Gate 48 Koans (GB)

Iron Flute 100 Koans (IF)

Opening a Mountain 60 Koans (OM)

Record of Empty Hall 100 Koans (REH)

Samurai Zen: The 100 Warrior Koans (SAM)

Suzuki, D. T. 10 Books (SUZ)

Transmission of Light 53 Biographies (TOL)

Vegetable Root Discource (VRD)

The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Koans (WWSF)

Zen and the Ways 40 Koans (ZWAY)

Zen Echoes 43 Koans (ZE)

Zen Flesh Zen Bones 100 Koans (ZFZB)

Zen Koan Book (TZK)

Zen Master Raven 183 Koans (ZMR)

Dao De Jing - Tao Te Ching (DDJ)

Zhuangzi - Chuang Tzu (ZUAN)

Text Authorities

Koan Database Project Outline

Philosopher's Garden

Koans, Mondos, Dialogues, Tests, Lessons, Lectures, Brief Stories, Anecdotes, Lore, History, Public Records or Cases, Interactions, Parables, Questions and Answers, Puzzles, Challenges, Inquiries, Meditations, Tales, Teaching, Teishos, Introspections, Koans

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo
Fifth Version, August 14, 2023. Updated Monthly. 358 Pages, PDF.
Green Way Research, Vancouver, Washington

Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans (BCR)
Book of Serenity 100 Koans (BOS)
Dao De Jing 81 Chapters (DDJ)
Dogen's Shinji Mana Shobogenzo 300 Koans (DSMS)
Dogen's Shobogenzo 95 Essays Buddhist (DSE)
Entangling Vines 272 Koans (ENT)
Fireplace Records 30 Chapters (TFR)
Flock of Fools: Parable Sutra 98 Koans (OHPS)
Gateless Gate 48 Koans (GB)
Iron Flute 100 Koans (IF)
Opening A Mountain 60 Koans (OM)
Philosopher's Garden (PG)
Record of Empty Hall 100 Koans (REH)
Record of Linji 50 Koans (LIN)
Rinzai Zen Buddhism (RINZ,SOG)
Samurai Zen 100 Warrior Koans (SAM)
Suzuki D.T. 10 Books (SUZ)
Transmission of Light: Keizan 53 Biographies (TOL)
Vegetable Root Discourse (VRD)
The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Koans (WWSF)
Zen and the Ways (ZWAY)
Zen Echoes 43 Koans (ZE)
Zen Flesh Zen Bones 100 Koans (ZFZB)
Zen Koan Book (TZK)
Zen Master Raven 183 Koans (ZMR)
Zhuangzi 33 Chapters (ZUAN)

Zen Buddhist Koans: Indexes, Information, Bibliography:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koansdup1.htm

 

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Keys to Collections of BSL/Koans Databases

 

These Dear Friends of the Buddha Mind

 2675.

These Dear Friends of the Buddha Mind

          I never
     grasped emptiness
or hiked around Mt. Sumeru,
or patted Chao-chou's dog,
or teased Nansen's cat,

blocked the Bodhidharma's uppercut,
or slept in Han Shan's dirty hut,
or borrowed Wendy Johnson's garden rake
or rode the Ox through the Gateless Gate,
or solved any of Rinzai's riddles,

I never, ever
suffered the Great Doubt,
looked for sticks in Yun-men's crapper,
or broke Tassajara bread with Shunryu Suzuki,
or minded the flapping flag for Hui-neng the sage,

or heard Jiyu-Kennett move her whisk in Mt. Shasta's shade,
or chanted on Mt. Tamalpais with Whalen, Ginsberg and Snyder,
or saw Dogen's True Eye open just a little bit wider.
     I never did.
     Nope, never!

Not in 55 lifetimes.
               Yet, it seems like I did.
Yep, dayinanddayout,
appearances notwithstanding,
Reality appeared just So.

This I know:
Their Heritage
Is in my Heart,
Their Myths mine,
These Dear Friends of the Buddha Mind.

 

2676.

 

 

Poetry by Michael P. Garofalo

Quintains: Volumes 1 -6

Mt. Adams Emerges in the West

The Fireplace Records Case #58

Mt. Adams Emerges in the West

"Master Yellow-Bitterroot Mountain asked me,

'What is the meaning of Old Pahto emerging in the West?'

I lifted my cane and placed it in my mouth, saying nothing.

Later, zany Zen liar that I am, I wrote:

"No minds, no dharmas. No-mind, much Dharma."

Zen Koans: The Fireplace Records
Koans by Mike Garofalo

Zen Koan Collections Studies

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Reading Wittgenstein 1975-

Buddhism

Taoism

Meetings with Master Chang San-Feng

Philosophy

Quintain Poetry

Mount Adams, Old Pahto, Washington

Pulling Onions

 

Wittgenstein Supposedly Said

 

The Fireplace Records Case #55

Wittgenstein Supposedly Said

suppose somebody says
suppose one wanted to ask
people will say
you may answer
someone says to me

you may say
suppose it were asked
one might ask
it will be said
suppose he might say

subjunctive mood swings
no one would say
there is a tendency
when do we say
we are inclined to say

Look at it this way
Compare it to this and not to that
More pictures, fewer muddles
Contrast with something similar
Change your point of view

Zen Koans: The Fireplace Records
Koans by Mike Garofalo

Zen Koan Collections Studies

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Reading Wittgenstein 1975-

Buddhism

Taoism

Philosophy

Quintain Poetry

Pulling Onions

 

The Idea of the Essence of the Number 5

The Fireplace Records, Chapter 49

The Idea of the Essence of the Number 5

Master Koin asked Monk Dogen
"Express your idea of the number 5?"
Dogen raised his five fingers.
"Very good, that's a good hand," said Koin.
Both raised five fingers and laughed.

Koin held up
his right hand;
Dogen held up
his left hand---
mirror images

The Fireplace Records: Index of Chapter Titles. 

Links to the Cloud Hands Blog Posts.

By Michael P. Garofalo. 49 Chapters as of 2/20/2026.

Zen Koans: The Fireplace Records
Koans by Mike Garofalo

Zen Koan Studies

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Reading Wittgenstein

Buddhism

It should be noted that all the koans after Number 49
in the Fireplace Records are very brief poems, remarks,
questions, koans, and onions. 

Check out The Whole World is a Single Flower by 
Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004). His 365 koans
are often quite brief. 

What is the Meaning of Mu?

The Fireplace Records, Chapter 50

What is the Meaning of Mu?

What is the Meaning of Mu?

"What is the meaning of Mu?"

Asked the perplexed monk.

Master Duksan slapped the monk!

"Stop asking vague questions.

Go write a poem about a pond."

Wake Up! Live Right!

Make your philosophy

Insightful poetry.

Speak beautifully,

Think creatively.

---Master Duksan,

a pond, or the pond---?"

He dared to think.

Imagined or real?

He did not speak.

Zen Koans: The Fireplace Records
Koans by Mike Garofalo

Zen Koan Studies

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Reading Wittgenstein

Buddhism

Zen Master Raven Koans Collection Indexes

Zen Master Raven (ZMR) Indexes

 

Zen Master Raven: The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird. Compiled and annotated by Robert Aitken. Illustrated by Jennifer Rain Crosby. Foreword by Nelson Foster. Wisdom, 2002, 2017, 229 pages. VSCL, Hardbound. 183 Brief Koans.

Most koans feature Master Raven giving answers or comments, and asking follow up questions; therefore, I choose to use the character Master Raven is talking to for the Student/Learner/Responder/Questioner under the index heading of "Master, Teacher, Responder." Otherwise, nearly all 183 koans would have been listed under Master Raven. Just automatically assume the central teacher in nearly all of these koans is Zen Master Raven. 

Subject Index to Zen Master Raven's 183 Koans Collection. PDF, November 21, 2023, 28 pages.

Case Titles Index to Zen Master Raven's 183 Koans Collection. PDF, November 21, 2023, 7 pages.

Case Number Index to Zen Master Raven's 183 Koans Collection. PDF, November 21, 2023, 7 pages.

Animals and Responders Index to Zen Master Raven's 183 Koans Collection. PDF, November 21, 2023, 7 pages.

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Subject Indexes to the Entangling Vines Koan Collection

 Entangling Vines 272 Koans Collection (ENT)

Entangling Vines: A Classic Collection of Zen Koans. Translated and annotated by Thomas Yūhō Kirchner. Foreword by Nelson Foster. Introduction by Ueda Shizuteru. Boston, Wisdom Publications, 2013. Index, bibliography, charts, 338 pages. ISBN: 9781614290773. A collection of 272 koans by Japanese Rinzai Zen masters and scholars called the Shūmon kattōshŭ (Entangling Vines) dating from 1689. Invaluable and unique biographies of the Teacher/Authors of all the Koans in the Entangling Vines Collection. Extensive and detailed index on pages 312-338. Bibliography on pp. 304-312. Charts of the names or Teacher/Persons using Pinyin Romanization of Mandarin Chinese, Wade-Giles Romanization of Mandarin Chinese, and Romanization of Japanese, and Chinese characters for all indexes. Informative notes by Thomas Kircher for the 272 Koans. VSCL, Kindle E-Book and Paperback. All references to pages in the indexed documents are from this book.

Subject Index to Cases in the Entangling Vines Koan Collection. Indexed by Michael P. Garofalo. First Draft, June 15, 2023, PDF, 58 pages.

Alphabetical List of Cases in the Entangling Vines Koan Collection. Indexed by Michael P. Garofalo. First Draft, June 15, 2023, PDF, 10 pages.

Case Number Order - Entangling Vines Koan Collection. Indexed by Michael P. Garofalo. First Draft, June 15, 2023, PDF, 10 pages.

 

Subject Index to 3,855 Lessons from Zen Buddhists, Solitary Taoists, and Stoics

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Buddhism: Bibliography, Links, Information, Resources. Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo.

Subject Index to the Gateless Gate Zen Buddhist Koans Collection

 

Gateless Gate, Gateless Barrier
(Wumenquan, Mumonkan)
48 Koans GB

Compiled around 1250 CE

 

Gateless Gate GB Gateless Barrier 48 Cases Buddhist Text Authority:
The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans. Translated with commentary and notes by Koun Yamada Roshi. Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA, 2004, 2015, 301 pages. Numerous Appendices, Japanese-Chinese Name List, Essays. ISBN:978-0-86171-382-0. VSCL, Paperback.

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo

Subject Index for the 48 Cases in the Gateless Barrier (GB). Second Draft, August 12, 2023, 20 Pages, PDF.

Alphabetical List of the 48 Case Titles in the Gateless Barrier (GB) Second Draft, August 12, 2023, 3 Pages, PDF.

List of Cases by the 48 Case Numbers for the Gateless Barrier (GB) Second Draft, August 12, 2023, 3 Pages, PDF.

 

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Zen Buddhist Koans and Information:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koansdup1.htm

 

 

The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans  Commentary and translation by Koun Yamada. Foreword by Ruben L. F. Habito. Wisdom Publications, 2004. 336 pages. ISBN: 9780861713820. "In The Gateless Gate, one of modern Zen Buddhism's uniquely influential masters offers classic commentaries on the Mumonkan, one of Zen's greatest collections of teaching stories. This translation was compiled with the Western reader in mind, and includes Koan Yamada's clear and penetrating comments on each case. Yamada played a seminal role in bringing Zen Buddhism to the West from Japan, going on to be the head of the Sanbo Kyodan Zen Community." VSCL, Paperback. I used this book to prepare the First Draft (March 25, 2023) of indexing for the Gateless Gate; indexing stored in the GB database (GB = Gateless Barrier or Gateless Gate).

The Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan. By Zenkai Shibayama. Shibayama Roshi (1894-1974). Translated by Sumiko Kudo. Introduction by Shibayama Roshi. Preface by Kenneth W. Morgan, Colgate University. Boston, Shambhala, 2000. Glossary, index, 361 pages. ISBN: 9781570627262.  "For more than seven centuries the Mumonkan (Gateless Barrier) has been used in Zen monasteries to train monks and to encourage the religious development of lay Buddhists. It contains forty- eight koans, or spiritual riddles, that must be explored during the course of Zen training. Shibayama Zenkei (1894-1974), an influential Japanese Zen teacher and calligrapher who traveled and lectured throughout the United States in the 60s and 70s, offers his own commentary alongside the classic text. The Gateless Barrier remains an essential text for all serious students of Buddhism."  These lectures (Teisho) on the Gateless Barrier were given at Colgate University in 1974. VSCL, Paperback.

Subject Index to the Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans Collection

 

The Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans
(Pi Yen Lu, Hekiganroku) BCR

 

The Blue Cliff Record Koan Collection (BCR)
100 Cases of Brief Koans, Stories, Spiritual Encounters, Wisdom Tales, Sermons, Dialogues, Extensive Commentary
Compiled, copied, and shared by Chan Master Xuedou Zhongxian (980-1052 CE). Commentary by Engo.

The Blue Cliff Record BCR 100 Cases Buddhist Text Authority:

Indexed by Michael P. Garofalo.

Subject Index for the Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans Collection (BCR). PDF, Second Draft, 8/11/2023, 29 pages.

Alphabetical List of the Blue Cliff Record (BCR) 100 Koans Collection Cases. PDF, Second Draft, 8/11/2023, 4 pages.

List of Cases by Case Numbers in the Blue Cliff Record (BCR) Koan Collection. PDF, Second Draft, 8/11/2023, 4 pages.

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Zen Buddhist Koans and Information:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koansdup1.htm

 

 

What is the Practice?

What is the Practice?  That is, what is correct Zen Buddhist practice?

"We are confused about the basic core of practice, and we get sidetracked with all sorts of incorrect notions about it. Practice can be stated very simply. It is moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others."
- Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen, p. 131

"So the crux of zazen is this: all we must do is constantly to create a little shift from the spinning world we've got in our heads to right-here-now. That's our practice. The intensity and ability to be right-here-now is what we have to develop."
- Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen, p. 11

Practice has many dimensions for Ms. Beck: zazen - just sitting, behaviors in our daily lives, interactions with others, dealing with feelings and reactions, vows, respect for students and teachers, daily life, calm and quiet nature, simple lifestyle, friendships, determination-grit-endurance-steadfastness-discipline, etc.

"What Practice is Not:
Practice is not about producing psychological change.
Practice is not about intellectually knowing the physical nature of reality, what the universe consists of, or how it works.
Practice is not about achieving some blissful state.
Practice is not about having or cultivating special powers.
Practice is not about personal power or Joriki, the strength that is developed in years of sitting.
Practice is not about having nice feelings, happy feelings.
Practice is not about some bodily state in which we are never ill, never hurt, one in which we have no bothersome ailments.
Practice is not about achieving an omniscient state in which a person knows about everything, a state in which a person is an authority on any and all worldly problems.
Practice is not about being spiritual.
Practice is not about highlighting all sorts of "good" qualities and getting rid of the so-called "bad" ones."
- Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen, p. 23

"Practice is essentially simplified space." p. 25

"On no account make a distinction between the Absolute and the sentient world.
- Huang Po

"Practice has to proceed in an orderly fashion, in a relentless dissolution of self."
p. 43

"Practice is for a lifetime. There is no end to it." p. 175

"The process of practice is to see through, not to eliminate, anything to which we are attached." p. 188

"It's important that we continually examine ourselves and see where it is that we are looking and what it is that we are looking for." p. 134

Everyday Zen. By Charlotte Joko Beck (1917-2011). Edited by Steve Smith. Harper One, 2007, 230 pages. VSCL.

All of the following websites were created by Michael P. Garofalo

Zen Poetry

Buddhism

Taoism

Zen Buddhism Koans

Virtue Ethics

Then There's the Day ....

 

"Human beings live in the dirt,
like bugs in a filthy bowl.
All day long crawling around and around,
never getting over the edge.

Even spiritual masters can't make it,
wracking their brains for schemes and plans.
The months and the years, a running river:
Then there's the day you wake up old."

- Han Shan, Circa 850 CE

Poetry, Poets, Poetry and Buddhism, Zen Poetry, Haiku

Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry. Edited by Kent Johnson and Craig Paulenich. Introduction by Gary Snyder. Shambhala, 1991, 331 pages. Includes short essays and poetry by Diane de Prima, Norman Fischer, Nelson Foster, Sam Hamill, Alan Ginsberg, Jane Hirshfield, Lucien Stryk, Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman, and others. VSCL, Paperback.

Books About Zen Poetry

Haiku and Zen Poetry

A Poets Guide to Poetry. By Mary Kinzie. University of Chicago, 1999, index, credits, 561 pages. VSCL, Paperback. Ways to improve your reading, study, and writing of poetry. A detailed and challenging college textbook.

The Poetry of Michael P. Garofalo

The Poetry of Zen. Translated by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton. Shambhala, 2007, 208 pages.

Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter. Translated and commentary by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Grove Press, 1995, 124 pages. VSCL, Paperback.

Subject Index to the Book of Serenity 100 Zen Buddhist Koans

 

Book of Serenity 100 Koans (BOS)

Book of Equanimity or Book of Serenity (BOS)

The Book of Serenity (BOS) Book of Equanimity
100 Cases of Brief Stories, Spiritual Encounters, Koans, Wisdom Tales, Sermons, Dialogues, Parables
Compiled and published around 1224 CE.

Indexed by Michael P. Garofalo. Second Draft on August 26, 2023.

Primary Source for Indexing: The Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues. Translated with commentary by Thomas Cleary, 2005, 512 pages.

Subject Index to Cases in the Book of Serenity (BOS) 100 Koans Collection. Second Draft, August 25, 2023, 26 pages, PDF.

Alphabetical List of Cases in the Book of Serenity (BOS) 100 Koans Collection. Second Draft, August 25, 2023, 4 pages, PDF.

List of Cases by Case Numbers in the Book of Serenity (BOS) 100 Koans Collection. Second Draft, August 25, 2023, 4 pages, PDF.

 

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans and Discourses

The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans. By Gerry Shishin Wick. Foreword by Bernie Glassman. Boston, Wisdom Publications, 2005. Recommended reading list, list of names index, 331 pages. ISBN: 9780861713875.

Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues. Translation and commentary by Thomas Cleary. Shambhala, 2005, glossary, notes, 463 pages. 100 Koans. VSCL, paperback.

Book of Serenity Translated by Joan Sutherland Roshi and John Tarrant Roshi. "The hundred koans of the Book of Serenity, also translated as the Book of Equanimity, were among those written by twelfth-century Chan teacher Hongzhi Zhengjue. In the thirteenth century, Wansong Xingxiu compiled Hongzhi’s koans and wrote commentaries for each. Although the collection is associated with the Caodong / Soto school, they are also taken up in koan study by Linji / Rinzai practitioners." Online PDF Version.

Shoyoroku (E. Book of Serenity, C. Ts’ung-jung lu) Online version of the Book of Serenity. Congrong Lu.
A collection of 100 koans, originally compiled in the 12th century by Wanshi Shogaku (C. Hung-chih Cheng-chüeh).

Book of Equanimity - Wikipedia 100 Cases. Compiled by Wangsong Zingxiu (1166-1246), and first published in 1224. The book comprises a collection of 100 koans written by the Chan Buddhist master Hongzhi Zengjue (1091-1157), together with commentaries by Wansong. Wansong's compilation is the only surviving source for Hongzhi's koans.

Buddhism: Bibliography, Links, Information, Resources. Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo.

Zen Buddhist Koans and Information: https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koansdup1.htm By Michael P. Garofalo.

 

               

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

 

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo
Tenth Version, December 28, 2023. Updated Annually. PDF, 578 Pages.
Green Way Research, Vancouver, Washington

Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans (BCR)
Book of Serenity 100 Koans (BOS)
Confucius Analects Philosopher (CON)
Daily Stoic 365 Lessons (STOA)
Dao De Jing 81 Chapters (DDJ)
Dogen's Shinji Mana Shobogenzo 300 Koans (DSMS)
Dogen's Shobogenzo 95 Essays Buddhist (DSE)
Entangling Vines 272 Koans (ENT)
Fireplace Records 40 Chapters (TFR)
Flock of Fools: Parable Sutra 98 Koans (OHPS)
Gateless Barrier 48 Koans (GB)
Iron Flute 100 Koans (IF)
Opening A Mountain 60 Koans (OM)
Philosopher's Garden (PG)
Record of Empty Hall 100 Koans (REH)
Record of Linji 50 Koans (LIN)
Riddles 415 (RID)
Rinzai Zen Buddhism (RINZ,SOG)
Samurai Zen 100 Warrior Koans (SAM)
Sound of One Hand 148 Koans (SOH)
Suzuki D.T. 10 Books (SUZ)
365 Tao 365 Chapters (DMD)
Transmission of Light: Keizan 53 Biographies (TOL)
Vegetable Root Discourse 357 Lessons (VRD)
The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Koans (WWSF)
Zen and the Ways (ZWAY)
Zen Echoes 43 Koans (ZE)
Zen Flesh Zen Bones 100 Koans (ZFZB)
Zen Koan Book (TZK)
Zen Master Raven 183 Koans (ZMR)
Zhuangzi 33 Chapters (ZUAN)

Zen Buddhist Koans: Indexes, Information, Bibliography:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koansdup1.htm

 

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Keys to Collections of BSL/Koans Databases

The Fireplace Records by Michael P. Garofalo

 The Fireplace Records (TFR) Indexes

The Fireplace Records: Index of Chapter Titles. Links to the Cloud Hands Blog Posts. By Michael P. Garofalo. 40 Chapters as of 11/10/2023.

Cloud Hands Blog Posts of the Fireplace Records. The Cloud Hands Blog posts of The Fireplace Records include illustrations, photographs, book covers, paintings, links to resources, reading suggestions, comments, capping verses, notes, asides, and a Google Translate drop-down menu. By Michael P. Garofalo.

Subject Index to 40 Chapters of The Fireplace Records. November 10, 2023. PDF, 14 pages.

Numerical Order List of 40 Chapters from The Fireplace Records. November 10, 2023. PDF, 2 pages.

Alphabetical Chapter Title List of 40 Chapters from The Fireplace Records. November 10, 2023. PDF, 2 pages.

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Keys to Collections of BSL/Koans Databases

 

Fireplaces, Kitchens, Stoves, Campfires, Ovens, Pots, Kettles, Wood, BBQ
Literary reflections and flashes of insight around the fireplace
Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo

Quotations: Light, Sun, Fire, Sunshine, Heat, Vision Shadows, Shade, Flames

 

Michael P. Garofalo
Cloud Hands Blog
Biography

 

Subject Index to The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Koans Collection

 The Whole World is a Single Flower (WWSF)

 

The Whole World is a Single Flower. WWSF By Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004). 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life with Questions and Commentary. Edited by Jane McLaughlin and Paul Muenzen. Foreword by Stephen Mitchell. Primary Point Press, Kwan Um School of Zen, Cumberland Rhode Island, 1992, Third Edition 2014, 244 pages. ISBN: 978-0-942795-17-2. VSCL, Paperback.

365 Cases in The Whole World is a Single Flower (WWSF) Koans Collection

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo.

Subject Index to The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Zen Koans. PDF, Third  Version, October 3, 2023, 65 Pages. 

Case Number Index to The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Zen Koans. PDF, Third Version, October 3, 2023, 13 Pages.

Case Title Index to The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Zen Koans. PDF, Third Version, October 3, 2-23. 13 Pages.

 

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn. By Seung Sahn. Grove Press, 2007, 258 pages.

Only Don't Know: Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn. By Seung Sahn. Shambhala, 1999, 256 pages.

Ten Gates: The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn. By Seung Sahn. Shambhala, 2007, 152 pages.

Buddhism: Bibliography, Links, Information, Resources. Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo.

Seung Sahn Biography (1927-2004) Seungshan Haengwon
Korean Zen Master in the United States
Founder of Kwan Um School of Zen

Kwan Um School of Zen

Subject Index to 3,855 Lessons from Zen Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists

Subject Index to 3.855 Lessons From
Zen Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo
Ninth Version, July 23, 2023. Updated Monthly.  PDF, 374 Pages.
Green Way Research, Vancouver, Washington

Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans (BCR)

Book of Serenity/Equanimity 100 Koans (BOS)

Daily Stoic 366 Lessons Philosophy (STOA)

Dao De Jing 81 Lessons (DDJ)

Dogen's Shinji Mana Shobogenzo 300 Koans (DSMS)

Dogen's Shobogenzo 95 Essays Buddhist (DSE)

Entangling Vines 272 Koans (ENT)

Epictetus 95 Discourses (EPI)

Fireplace Records 30 Chapters (TFR)

Flock of Fools: Parable Sutra 98 Koans (OHPS)

Gateless Gate 48 Koans (GB)

Iron Flute 100 Koans (IF)

Kamakura 40 Koans (ZWAY)

Meditations Marcus Aurelius (AUR)

Opening A Mountain 60 Koans (OM)

Philosopher's Garden of Insights (PG)

Record of Empty Hall 100 Koans (REH)

Record of Linji 50 Koans (LIN)

Rinzai Zen Buddhism (RINZ,SOG)

Samurai Zen 100 Warrior Koans (SAM)

Seneca 124 Letters (SEN)

Suzuki D.T. Books (SUZ)

365 Tao 365 Chapters (DMD)

Transmission of Light: Keizan 53 Biographies (TOL)

Zen Echoes 43 Koans (ZE) 

Brief Lessons from Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koans.htm

Subject Index to 3.855 Lessons From
Zen Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists

Subject Index to 1,685 Zen Buddhist Koans

Subject Index to 1,546 Taoist Lessons, Chapter, and Stories

Subject Index to 813 Stoic Lessons, Discourses, and Letters

Subject Index to 1,685 Zen Buddhist Koans

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo
Fourth Version, August 2, 2023. Updated Monthly. 358 Pages, PDF.
Green Way Research, Vancouver, Washington

Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans (BCR)
Book of Serenity/Equanimity 100 Koans (BOS)
Dao De Jing 81 Chapters (DDJ)
Dogen's Shinji Mana Shobogenzo 300 Koans (DSMS)
Dogen's Shobogenzo 95 Essays Buddhist (DSE)
Entangling Vines 272 Koans (ENT)
Fireplace Records 30 Chapters (TFR)
Flock of Fools: Parable Sutra 98 Koans (OHPS)
Gateless Gate 48 Koans (GB)
Iron Flute 100 Koans (IF)
Opening A Mountain 60 Koans (OM)
Philosopher's Garden (PG)
Record of Empty Hall 100 Koans (REH)
Record of Linji 50 Koans (LIN)
Rinzai Zen Buddhism (RINZ,SOG)
Samurai Zen 100 Warrior Koans (SAM)
Suzuki D.T. 10 Books (SUZ)
Transmission of Light: Keizan 53 Biographies (TOL)
The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Koans (WWSF)
Zen and the Ways (ZWAY)
Zen Echoes 43 Koans (ZE)
Zen Flesh Zen Bones 100 Koans (ZFZB)
Zhuangzi 33 Chapters (ZUAN)

Zen Buddhist Koans and Discourses:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koansdup1.htm

Ten Transformative Practices (Paramitas)

 The Essence of the Ten Transformative Practices

"Generosity arises from unselfishness and nonattachment.

Ethics involves virtue, integrity, and self-discipline.

Patience requires resilience, acceptance, and fortitude.

Effort means courage in joyous perseverance.

Meditation implies mindfulness, concentration, reflection, and introspection.

Transcendental wisdom includes discernment and self-knowledge.

Skillful means arise from resourcefulness and imagination.

Spiritual aspirations include noble intention and resolve.

Higher accomplishments require leadership, powers, and positive influence.

Awakened awareness means pristine realization.

These are the ten arms and legs of the radiant body of the Bodhisattva,
Whose heart is Bodhicitta, selfless love and compassion.

- Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living By Lama Surya Das, 2007.

Virtue Ethics Studies
Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, Philosophers
By Michael P. Garofalo

 

How to Live a Good Life: Advice from Wise and Respected Persons

Virtue Ethics

Paramitas

The Ethical Precepts and Philosophical Tenets of Zen Buddhism

The Ten Grave Precepts (Rules, Guidelines, Principles of Behavior)

Pragmatism

Taoism

Buddhism