Opening a Mountain : Koans of the Zen Masters.

Intro -- Contents -- Sources -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION: What Are Koans? -- Sticks and Stones, but It's No-Names That Hurt -- On the Conventional Understanding of Koans -- Marvelous and Ritual Elements in Koans -- The Case of Chü-chih Cutting Off a Finger -- The Mythological Background of Koan Literature -- Zen Masters and Their Mountains -- Koan Themes and Sources -- Themes -- Sources -- On Reading Koans -- 1. SURVEYING MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES -- Northern and Ox Head Schools -- I. Yüan-kuei Subdues the Mountain God -- 2. Tao-shu and the Trickster -- 3. Master Chiang-mo, Subjugator of Demons -- 4. Does Niu-t'ou Need the Flowers? -- Southern School -- 5. Pai-chang Meditates On Ta-hsiung Peak -- 6. Kuei-shan Kicks Over the Water Pitcher -- 7. Te-shan Carrying His Bundle -- 8. Nan-ch'üan Sweeping On a Mountain -- 9. Hsüan-sha's "One Luminous Pearl -- Tung-shan's Mountain -- 10. Tung-shan's "Two Clay Oxen Enter the Sea -- 11. Yün-yen's "Non-Sentient Beings Can Hear It -- 12. Yün-chü Wandering the Mountains -- Mount Wu-t'ai -- 13. "Iron Grindstone" Liu Goes to Mount Wu-t'ai -- 14. Manjusri's "Three by Three -- 15. Pi-mo's "You Shall Die from My Pitchfork -- 2. CONTESTING WITH IRREGULAR RIVALS -- Hermits, Wizards, and Other Masters -- 16. P'u-hua Kicks Over the Dining Table -- 17. The Tripitaka Monk Claims to Read Others' Minds -- 18. A Hermit's "The Mountain Torrent Runs Deep, So the Ladle Is Long -- 19. Chao-chou Checks Out Two Hermits -- 20. Hsüeh-feng's "What Is This? -- 21. Jui-yen Calls Out to Himself, "Master -- 22. Ti-tsang Planting the Fields -- Dangerous Women: Zen "Grannies" and Nuns -- 23. Chao-chou Checks Out an Old Woman -- 24. Te-shan and the Woman Selling Rice Cakes -- 25. Mo-shan Opens Her Mouth -- 26. Chao-chou Recites the Sutras -- 3. ENCOUNTERING SUPERNATURAL FORCES -- Trance, Visions, and Dreams -- 27. A Woman Comes Out of Absorption.

28. Huang-po's "Gobblers of Dregs -- 29. Sermon from the Third Seat -- 30. Kuei-shan Turns His Face to the Wall -- Spirits, Gods, and Bodhisattvas -- 31. P'u-chi Subdues the Hearth God -- 32. Nan-ch'üan Is Greeted by the Earth-Deity -- 33. The Tea Ceremony at Chao-ch'ing -- 34. Hu-kuo's Three Embarrassments -- 35. Yün-chü and the Spirits -- 36. The World Honored One Ascends the High Seat -- Magical Animals -- 37. A Snake Appears in the Relic Box -- 38. Pai-chang and the Wild Fox -- 39. Ta-kuang Does a Dance -- 40. Hsüeh-feng and the Turtle-Nosed Snake -- 4. WIELDING SYMBOLS OF AUTHORITY AND TRANSMISSION -- Symbols of Authority -- 41. Chih-men's "I Have This Power -- 42. Yün-men's Staff Changes into a Dragon -- 43. Kan-feng's Single Route -- 44. The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Holds Up His Staff -- 45. Ch'ing-yüan Raises His Fly-Whisk -- Transmission Symbols -- 46. Hui-neng's Immovable Robe -- 47. Tung-shan Makes Offerings Before the Image -- 48. Prime Minister P'ei-hsiu Replies, "Yes -- 49. Yang-shan's "Just About Enough -- 5. CONFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Giving Life and Controlling Death -- Repentance and Self-Mutilation -- 50. Chih-yen Converts a Hunter -- 51. Chü-chih's One Finger Zen -- 52. Nalakuvara Broke His Bones and Tore His Flesh -- 53. Bodhidharma Pacifies the Mind -- 54. Hui-k'o Absolves Sin -- 55. Dogen Disciplines Monk Gemmyo -- Death, Relics, and Ghosts -- 56. A Woman's True Soul? -- 57. P'u-hua Passes Away -- 58. Jiu-feng Does Not Concur -- 59. A Hermit Seeks to be Saved -- 60. Tao-wu Makes a Condolence Call -- Zen Figures Cited.

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