List of koans by Yunmen Wenyan information

The following is a list of kōans attributed to the Zen master Yunmen Wenyan. Ummon inquired of his monks, "This world is such a wide world! Why then do...

Yunmen Wenyan (Chinese: 雲門文偃; pinyin: Yúnmén Wényǎn; romaji: Ummon Bun'en; 862 or 864 – 949 CE), was a major Chinese Chan master of the Tang dynasty....

reminiscent of kōans. Buddhism Kirigami Koans mentioning Subhuti, Tanzan, and Tetsugen List of koans by Yunmen Wenyan Mu-koan Original face Wild fox koan Other...

shit stick") wato from the Chan/Zen gōng'àn/kōan in which a monk asked "What is buddha?" and Master Yunmen/Unmon answered "A dry shit stick". People have...

to Shitou Xiqian (700-790). Xuefeng's student Yunmen Wenyan (862 or 864–949 CE) established the Yunmen school, while Xuefeng's "grand-disciple" Fayan...

critiqued the practice of using koans for meditation. According to Haskel, Bankei called kōans "old wastepaper" and saw the kōan method as hopelessly contrived...

action koans, help to understand the phenomenal world as seen from the awakened point of view; Where hosshin koans represent tai, substance, kikan koans represent...

heir to Yunmen Wenyan. Dongshan is the subject of Case 18 "Three Pounds of Flax" in The Gateless Barrier, a collection of koans authored by the Chan...

translated as The Gateless Gate, is a collection of 48 Chan (Zen) koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai (無門慧開; Japanese:...

of the vocabulary of the Record of Yunmen Wenyan]. Taipei: Wu-Nan Book. Kalupahana, David J. (1992), The Principles of Buddhist Psychology, Delhi: ri Satguru...

Fayan and Yunmen schools were absorbed into the Linji school. Xuyun attempted to revive these absorbed lineages and succeeded in the case of the Guiyang...

Lin Huiyin. These made it a popular place of pilgrimage, but patriarchs including Linji Yixuan and Yunmen Wenyan declared the mountain off limits. Mount...

of the famous kōan stories. The word Jingde (景德), the first two characters of the title, refers to the reign name of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, which dates...

years. He studied all the records of the Five Houses of Chan, being particularly drawn to the words of Yunmen Wenyan (雲門文偃 Wade–Giles: Yün-men Wên-yen...

of koan-teaching. The Five Ranks are listed below with two translations of the original poem, one by Miura and Sasaki on the left, and the other by Thomas...

zazen is usually combined with the study of koans. The Japanese Sōtō school makes less or no use of koans, preferring an approach known as shikantaza...

practice taught by the Sixth Patriarch, Huineng, from China around 820 CE. The name of the Order, Jogye, was adopted from the name of the village where...

Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng, Counterpoint Press Shimomissé, Eiichi (1998), THE GATELESS GATE TriCycle, Green Koans case 12: Original Face"...

with the use of koans, and the practice of meditation to concentrate the mind, under the guidance of a teacher. Koans are short anecdotes of verbal exchanges...

(807–869) and Caoshan Benji (840–901); Yunmen school (雲門宗), named after master Yunmen Wenyan (died 949), a student of Xuefeng Yicun (822–908), whose lineage...

Publications. ISBN 0-86171-559-4 Buddhism in the United States List of Rinzai Buddhists Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States Rosemary Skinner Keller;...

The Classic Book of Zen Koans. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-382-6. Buddhism in Japan Buddhism in the United States Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the...

Shaolin Monastery abbot of the Caodong school Yijing, pilgrim and translator Yunmen Wenyan, founder of one of the five schools of Chan Buddhism Yuquan Shenxiu...

For example, one translation is "Faith in Mind" (See The Poetry of Enlightenment: Poems by Ancient Ch'an Masters, Ch'an Master Sheng-Yen). While this interpretation...

Denkōroku (伝光録, Record of the Transmission of the Light) is a kōan collection written in 1300 by Keizan Jokin Zenji, the Great Patriarch of Sōtō Zen Buddhism...

the Caodong was not successful in the social elite. The Linji school and Yunmen school dominated Chán. It was Touzi Yiqing's student Furong Daokai (1043–1118)...