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- Preface to the Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation of the Armory of the Chan School
- Preface
- I. Simultaneous Pecking and Chirping
- II. Great Indeed Is Chuyuan
- III. Everything Is Already Complete
- IV. Still in a Foreign Land
- V. Extraordinary Skills
- VI. No Need for Astonishment
- VII. Lotus Sutra Bodhisattva
- VIII. The Words Still Ring in My Ears
- IX. Indomitable Perseverance
- X. Which Is Lighter and Which Is Heavier?
- XI. What Is the Meaning of Marginal Notes?
- XII. Examine It Closely
- XIII. Dying After a Single Insult
- XIV. Honoring Its Lofty Integrity
- XV. The Adamantine Nature of Śarīra Relics
- XVI. Receiving the Master’s Strict Precepts
- XVII. An Excellent Example for Future Generations
- XVIII. Samādhi Suited to Different Capacities
- XIX. Lay Practitioner Huayan
- Twenty: Clouds Emerge from the Valley
- Twenty-One: What Sincere Aspiration Invites
- 22. Sima Returns First
- Twenty-Three: Slandered Without Cause
- Twenty-Four: The Rhinoceros Fan
- Twenty-Five: There Is Still This
- Twenty-Six: Other Matters
- 27. Twists and Turns
- 28. Unable to Shake It Off
- 29. Head Seat Huiyuan
- 30. The Exemplary Conduct of Dharma Cloud
- 31. Vajra Eyes
- Thirty-Two: Even a Mouse Protects the Dharma
- XXXIII. Liberating Beings in the Intermediate State
- Thirty-Four: Cause and Effect in the World
- Thirty-Five: Brocade Dharma Robe
- Thirty-Six: Non-Buddhist Dispositions
- Thirty-Seven: Buddhist Disciples of the Western Heaven
- 38. Hereditary Houses of the Chancellors
- Thirty-Nine: Blue Here, Congealed There
- Forty: The Right Time and Conditions
- Forty-One: Letting Go Brings Stability
- Forty-Two: There Is More to Be Said
- 43. Arising and Ceasing Without Pause
- 44. The East Privy Faces West
- Forty-Five: Dharma Combat of a Chan Master
- Forty-Six: Great Kindness Is Hard to Repay
- Forty-Seven: The Supreme Way Is Not Difficult
- Forty-Eight: Embracing This Teaching Henceforth
- Forty-Nine: Words of True Purity
- 50. The Turning Words of the Three Buddhas
- Fifty-One: Secrets of Chan Practice
- Fifty-Two: Head Seat Qingsu
- 53. Fadao of Dongshan
- 54. Caotang Deye
- Fifty-Five: Rare World-Honored One
- Fifty-Six: Two Sentences Settle It
- 57. Discard It Once You Have Used It
- 58. Verifying It
- Fifty-Nine: Only Thus Is It Attained
- Sixty: Faith and Understanding Thus
- Sixty-One: Five Pecks of Rice Are Cooked
- Sixty-Two: What Is the Buddha?
- 63. A Fist Touching the Back
- Sixty-Four: So That’s How It Is
- Sixty-Five: The Fifth Patriarch’s Fever and Chills
- Sixty-Six: Exquisite Methods
- 67. Unifying the Three Vehicles into One
- 68. Draining Pools and Toppling Mountains
- Sixty-Nine: A Half-Full Bottle Sloshes Around
- Seventy: Illnesses and Their Remedies
- Seventy-One: A Person of Great Wisdom
- 72. The Imperial Son-in-Law Composes a Verse
- Seventy-Three: The Four Precepts for an Abbot
- Seventy-Four: Do Not Slander Others’ Goodness
- 75. What Is the Great Sage’s Surname?
- Seventy-Six: The Mind of Protecting the Dharma
- Seventy-Seven: A Flock of Crows Carrying Earth
- Seventy-Eight: Words of One Who Has Arrived Home
- Seventy-Nine: Lay Practitioner Wujin
- 80. Xinfeng Is Not Deluded
- 81. Daosheng, Sengzhao, Sengrong, and Sengrui
- Eighty-Two: Great Wisdom Investigates Chan
- 83. Baoning Sets His Resolve
- Eighty-Four: The Earth Deity Guards the Stupa
- Eighty-Five: Do Not Create Negative Karma of Speech
- 86. The Yaksha’s Prophecy
- 87. Crow Stench on the Wind
- Eighty-Eight: Reincarnation of Living Buddhas
- Eighty-Nine: Another Rebirth
- 90. The Dharma Eye Is Not Clear
- Ninety-One: Dharma Protectors Will Not Tolerate It
- 92. Wrong from the Start!
- Ninety-Three: On the Views of the Attained One
- Ninety-Four: Writing One’s Own Pardon
- Ninety-Five: Petty People Are Jealous
- Ninety-Six: At Ease in Mind and Hand
- 97. A Distinctive Way of Teaching People
- Ninety-Eight: Moored on Level Ground
- Ninety-Nine: There Must Be No Place to Settle
- One Hundred: Cold Ashes and Popping Beans
- 101. Impermanence Is Swift
- 102. Even When It Is Raised, One Does Not Understand
- 103. What Will Be Transmitted?
- 104. Truly a Fine Sight
- 105. Direct Mind, Direct Conduct
- 106. In Praise of the True Dharma Ocean
- 107. The Fifth Patriarch’s Thief Parable
- 108. Three Kinds of Saṅgha
- 109. The Linji Style
- 110. Wrestling Before a Horse
- 111. On Becoming a Buddha Through One’s Nature
- 112. Resenting Others’ Talk of Chan
- 113. Beyond Words
- 114. Forsaking the Ocean and Taking Foam for It
- 115. Closing the Case According to the Applicable Provisions
- 116. Defecating and Urinating
- 117. No Final Phrase
- 118. Guizong Zibao
- 119. Receiving the Way According to One's Faculties
- 120. Not Forgetting the Entrustment
- 121. Only Upon Seeing With One’s Own Eyes Does One Truly Know
- Appendix I: Qin Guan’s “On the Two Seasons”
- Appendix Two: Yu Rang, Who Died for One Who Recognized Him
- Appendix Three: Main Lineage Chart of the Chan School (For Reference)
