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Tables of Contents for Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Translator's Introduction
ix
 
The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths
1
5
The Supreme Way is without Difficulty
6
5
Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha
11
4
Bundle and All
15
4
A Grain of Rice
19
3
A Good Day
22
3
Asking about Buddha
25
3
Eyebrows
28
4
Joshu's Four Gates
32
3
Thieving Phony
35
3
Gobblers of Dregs
38
3
Three Pounds of Flax
41
3
Snow in a Silver Bowl
44
3
An Appropriate Statement
47
2
An Upside-Down Statement
49
3
The Man in the Weeds
52
4
The Meaning of the Coming from the West
56
2
The Seamless Monument
58
3
Fingertip Zen
61
2
The Meditation Brace
63
3
Lotus Blossoms
66
2
The Turtle-Nosed Snake
68
3
The Summit of the Mystic Peak
71
2
The Iron Grindstone
73
3
The Hermit's Staff
76
4
The Peak of Great Valor
80
2
The Body Exposed in the Autumn Wind
82
4
Not Mind or Buddha
86
4
The Aeonic Fire
90
3
Big Radishes
93
2
Carrying the Ringed Staff
95
5
Standing There
100
3
The Symbol of the Circle
103
4
Five Elders Peak
107
4
Questions and Answers
111
4
Roaming the Mountains
115
3
Nothing in the World
118
4
The Workings of the Iron Ox
122
4
A Flowering Hedge
126
4
A Flower
130
4
One Who Has Experienced the Great Death
134
3
Nice Snow
137
4
No Cold or Heat
141
3
Knowing How to Beat a Drum
144
3
Joshu's Cloth Shirt
147
3
The Sound of Raindrops
150
4
Not Contained by Six
154
3
Making Tea
157
3
Passing Through the Net
160
4
Concentration on Every Atom
164
4
Going Back Inside with Lowered Head
168
6
The Stone Bridge of Joshu
174
2
Wild Ducks
176
3
Extending Both Hands
179
3
Won't Say
182
6
Breaking Through Three Barriers
188
6
Nondiscrimination
194
4
Couldn't Explain for Five Years
198
2
The Supreme Way
200
3
A Staff Turns into a Dragon
203
4
One Particle
207
4
Hidden in the Mountain of Form
211
4
Killing a Cat
215
3
Straw Sandals
218
2
A Hindu Questions Buddha
220
5
Getting the Sword
225
3
Expounding a Scripture
228
2
A Big Laugh
230
3
Nansen's Circle
233
4
Mouth Shut (I)
237
3
Mouth Shut (II)
240
2
Mouth Shut (III)
242
2
Permutations of Assertion and Denial
244
5
The Rice Pail
249
3
Unjust Beating
252
6
Have You Eaten?
258
5
A Piece of Cake
263
3
Awakened People Bathe
266
3
All Sounds
269
4
On Rushing Water
273
3
The Elk of Elks
276
4
The Physical Body
280
4
The Mixing of the Ancient Buddhas
284
3
Nonduality
287
4
A Tiger's Roar
291
4
The Kitchen Pantry and the Main Gateway
295
3
Medicine and Disease
298
5
Three Kinds of Handicap
303
5
Hands and Eyes All Over
308
5
Wisdom
313
4
The Rhinoceros
317
5
Buddha Takes the High Seat
322
3
A Dance
325
2
Not Seeing
327
3
Two Kinds of Speech
330
4
Three Pivotal Sayings
334
4
Scornful Revilement
338
3
Two Mistakes
341
5
The Ten-Bodied Tamer
346
4
The Razor-Sharp Sword
350
3
Further Reading
353