p.

koan #

koan

p.

degree #

degree

21

15

"black mountain"

181

Lib 1

"Butterfly" {cf. [Aztec] goddess Itz-papalotl (‘Obsidian Butterfly’), obsidian being black

22

16

"How do you turn the self and return ...?"

182

Lib 2

"The Light of the Sixth Race is Transmuted"

23

17

"a cracking sound"

183

Lib 3

"The Dawn of a New Day" {the crack of dawn?}

25

18

"the village headman had made arrangements to welcome him"

184

Lib 4

"Group of Young People Sit in Spiritual Communion"

26

19

"If you try to direct yourself toward it, you will move away from it."

185

Lib 5

"True Inner Knowledge of the New World" {horizons receding as explorers discovered the New World?}

28

20

"earthworm ... thoughts" {cf. Kartwellian tale of 3 "worms" from the heads decapitated from Baqbaqi with the sword from the "crystal castle" (A)}

186

Lib 6

"crystallized." {cf. crystallization of water into ice : [Yukon] "Southern Tutchone legends. The giant ice worm myth" (IW)

29

21

"a customer speaking"

"His Ideals"

"cut a fine piece"

"Taking a Concrete Form"

31

22

"a meal offering"

187

Lib 7

"Feeding"

32

23

"this place is low. How can I level it with the higher place?"

"Chicken ... from the Hawks" {chickens fly low, hawks fly high?}

33

24

"great kalpa fire"

188

Lib 8

"A Blazing Fireplace in a Deserted Home"

"will I be part of it?"

189

Lib 9

"in a Special Room"

"underwater ... emerge like a gourd"

190

Lib 10

"Safety through Dangerous Waters"

34

25

"you don’t see it, but it’s here."

191

Lib 11

"Peering over"

35

26

"samadhi of no conflict [arana samadhi]?" {this is the samadhi (‘trance’) which, when emerged from into the ordinary world, doth not conflict with the ordinary world?}

192

Lib 12

"Miners Are Emerging from a Deep Coal Mine"

37

27

"punched Gao’an’s ribs three times." {cf. Lappish 3^rd son-in-law as reindeer Meandas^ in house of bones and feeding on green moss; there "children play" -- FM} {reindeer travel through the sky}

193

Lib 13

"Children Blowing Soap Bubbles" {people can travel internationally within magical green bubbles, according to Carlos Castan~eda; so did Thalgrom (JTh)}

39

28

"in a withered tree." {cf. Yo^nah’s gourd-liana, withered by heat}

194

Lib 14

"In the Heat of the Noon"

"the eyeballs in a skull?"

195

Lib 15

"Circular Paths" {taken by rotation of eye-orbs?}

41

29

"tapped the coffin" {a custom in Borneo, to summon the dead}

196

Lib 16

"Boat" {in Borneo, coffins are made in the shape of boats}

43

30

"going to the place of no changing."

197

Lib 17

"Retired"

44

31

"on board the ship"

"Ships Entering and Leaving"

45

32

"the nostrils you had before"

198

Lib 18

"Two Men ... before"

"fanned" {fans used, behind which to hide their countenances, by ladies}

199

Lib 19

"in Hiding"

46

33

"What is falling?" {is it kneeling in order to pray?}

200

Lib 20

"A Jewish Rabbi" Performing His Duty {duty to pray?}

"on the ground ... using the ground."

201

Lib 21

"upon a Beach"

"What is rising?"

202

Lib 22

"a Fountain" {do fountain-waters rise?}

47

34

"intimate speech"

203

Lib 23

"Chanticleer’s Voice ... with Enthusiastic Tones"

49

35

"harmonizing of the ten bodies"

204

Lib 24

"A Third Wing on the Left Side of a Butterfly"

50

36

"Vulture Peak" {in Kemetian, the vulture-glyph is ‘mother’ (for life); it is also locater of the dead}

205

Lib 25

"the Mystery of Life and Death"

51

37

"one path"

205

Lib 25

to a "Pilgrim"

52

38

"turning the great dharma wheel."

206

Lib 26

"turning constantly"

54

39

"New Year ... A dragon head, a snake tail." {Weifang dragon-kite for New-Year}

207

Lib 27

"Airplane"

55

40

"blind"

208

Lib 28

"Alone in Deep Gloom"

56

41

"Ask the pillar." {when Prahlada asked of the pillar, divine assistance, thitherto unseen, came forth to his aid}

"Unnoticed, Angels Are Coming to His Aid"

57

"the master’s and the disciple’s not understanding" [leaving understanding to future generations instead?]

209

Lib 29

"for Knowledge Transferable from Generation to Generation"

42

"Three Peaks"

210

Lib 30

"Three Mounds of Knowledge"

"have been ... in and out of monasteries"

211

Sco 1

"Tourists"

58

43

"cut the snake in two" {"glass snake"?}

212

Sco 2

"Broken Bottle and

60

44

"already exhausted"

Spilled Perfume"

61

45

"The Three Vehicles and

213

Sco 3

"House-Raising Party" {cf. house-moving by means of vehicles}

the Twelve Divisions of Sutra-s"

214

Sco 4

"the Great ‘Other World’." {cf. coming down of heavenly city of Nea Hierosolume with its 12 gates}

63

46

"city ... gates" [vid., gates in a city-wall built to resist pounding by an attack]

215

Sco 5

"Rocky Shore Resists the Pounding"

47

"straw sandals ... people’s support. Don’t betray them."

216

Sco 6

"A Gold Rush Tears People away [they trek thither in footwear; but must be supported, for their unrealistic hopes betray them.]

65

48

"a thousand li apart."

from Their Native Soil."

66

49

"You did not get to the top of the mountain." [but instead to the reverse – to the deepest place?]

217

Sco 7

"Deep-Sea

67

50

"don’t have earlobes" {birds, including diving birds, lack earlobes?}

Divers

68

51

"ladder"

217

Sco 7

with Special Machinery"

69

52

"golden-scaled"

218

Sco 8

"silvery"

53

"How did you get the Great Canon and the Small Canon?"

219

Sco 9

"A Dentist {probably alluding to the dentist who wrote the Faithist Book of Oahspe}

72

54

"attendant"

Is Hard at Work"

73

55

"If you need a head, chop mine off and take it with you."

220

Sco 10

"Reunites Old Comrades"

75

56

"a temple bell {Skt. /ghan.t.a/, cf. /ghat./ ‘quay’} ... the gift belongs to everyone."

221

Sco 11

"Drowning Man Is being Rescued" [such rescue would be performed for anyone]

77

57

"go toward different types of beings."

222

Sco 12

"Official Embassy"

80

58

"startle the assembly ... Nothing is concealed in the entire universe."

223

Sco 13

"Inventor Performs a Laboratory Experiment" [to invent a startling invention, for no universal scientific knowledge is concealed from the experimenter]

82

59

"illiterate woodcutter"

224

Sco 14

"Telephone Linemen [whose spike-boots jab into the wooden telephone-pole]

60

"for building a seamless stupa." [each stupa is topped by a pole with devices]

at Work [atop the pole, with devices -- covered electric cable is manufactured seamless]

84

61

"been having a mystical communication"

Installing New Connections"

"Interpret my dream for me."

225

Sco 15

"Playing around Five Mounds of Sand" {cf. "Sandman" as cause of sleepiness}

86

62

"a person who discloses the mind"

226

Sco 16

"A Girl’s Face ... Breaking into a Smile"

87

63

"incense has already been offered."

227

Sco 17

"Filled with Her Own Spirit"

89

64

"the time of light and dark"

228

Sco 18

"Brilliant in Autumn"

65

"five-flavor Zen"

229

Sco 19

"a Parrot" [parrots are connoisseurs of flavors]

91

66

"In the darkness of the hall ... Following the winding road"

230

Sco 20

"Two Dark Curtains that Closed the Entrance to the Sacred Pathway"

92

67

"wash your bowls. ... had realization." {one’s conscience is able to make one realize to wash one’s utensils}

231

Sco 21

"Obeying his Conscience,

93

68

"held his hoe in folded hands and kept standing. ... walked away, dragging the hoe."

a Soldier Resists Orders"

94

69

"Families use it daily and yet do not understand it" [members of a family wear various clothing, but wot not the history of clothing-styles?]

232

Sco 22

"Protected by Heavy Clothing"

95

70

"There is nothing difficult about ... wearing fur and having horns."

233

Sco 23

"A Rabbit Metamorphosed into a Nature Spirit"

97

71

""There is no one now. Please tell me, ..." "This bamboo ..."" {Cf. Midas "first making sure that nobody was about, whispered ... a reed sprouted" (GM 83.g) – (M 11:172)}

234

Sco 24

"Crowds Coming Down the Mountain to Listen to One ... Man"

98

72

"You should understand buddha going beyond buddha."

235

Sco 25

"X-Ray" [an x-ray is a nuclear particle going beyond the nucleus]

99

73

"What kind of demon has caused you to wander?"

236

Sco 26

"American Indians Making Camp in New Territory"

101

74

"When you hear the Great Canon, you go deaf."

237

Sco 27

"A Military Band ... Marches Noisily"

75

"What can I do when the three worlds all arise together?" [the 3 worlds (svarga, pr.thivi, niraya) all seen simultaneously, in a vision, would be a sort of fairyland]

238

Sco 28

"The King of the Fairies ... Approaching His Domain."

"Bring Mount Lu here and I will"

239

Sco 29

"Pleading to the Chief for the Lives" {is the chief as unmoveable as a mountain?}

102

76

"not-understanding"

240

Sco 30

"Indulging in Various Pranks"

103

77

"to practice one foot. ... to practice one inch."

241

Sag 1

"Army Veterans ... Old Memories" [of not retreating one foot, not retreating one inch?]

104

78

"There is something that holds the sky above and the ground beneath."

242

Sag 2

"Ocean Covered with Whitecaps"

105

79

"took the high seat, sat there for a while"

243

Sag 3

"Two Men Playing Chess" [chess-players sit quite a while before making a move]

106

80

"Where are you going?"

244

Sag 4

"Learning to Walk"

108

81

"All people are in the midst of illumination. When you look at it, ... everything seems dark and dim." {cf. "the darkness compraehendeth it not"}

245

Sag 5

"Old Owl" [to the owl all is illuminated, when to others it appeareth dim]

109

82

"there is not an inch of grass"

246

Sag 6

"Game of Cricket" [the cricket-playing-field is kept free of grass]

110

83

"Then is there a second moon?" {in the 2^nd month, February, is St. Valentine’s Day}

247

Sag 7

"Cupid ... at ... a Human Heart"

110

83

"held up the broom"

249

Sag 9

"Mother Leads Her

111

84

"a child"

Small Child"

112

85

"a single hair pierce"

250

Sag 10

"Golden-Haired ... Opportunity"

"Ten thousand years later"

251

Sag 11

"In an Archaic Temple {re-discovered 1000s of years later?},

113

"You personally will have to shine"

a Lamp Burns in

114

86

"buddha images" [large buddha-idols are intentionally made hollow in order to serve as containers for scrolls]

a Container Shaped like a Human Body"

115

87

"facing the wall ... patted him on the back."

252

Sag 12

"Flag {hung on wall?} ... Saluting"

116

88

"bright and clear is the meaning of the ancestral"

243

Sag 13

"A Widow’s Past Is Brought to Light"

117

89

"Do not discard that side {antiquity?} to get to this side {modernity?}."

254

Sag 14

"A Vast Panorama of Time is Unfolding"

118

90

"body has no form"

255

Sag 15

"Looking for Its Shadow"

119

"changed his clothes"

256

Sag 16

"Seagulls {cf. seagull-goddess Leuke who gave to Odusseus something to wear} Fly

"boat"

around a Ship

"fishing pole"

Looking for Food"

120

"he jumped off the boat and disappeared into the mist"

257

Sag 17

"Easter" {when Iesous jumped up from the tomb; afterwards, "a cloud received him out of their sight" (Acts of the Apostles 1:9)}

121

91

"All the venerable ones ... are on top of my staff." {if so, in order to fit they must be tiny – how many can stand on the head of a pin?}

258

Sag 18

"Tiny Children"

122

92

"When I meet someone, I go away."

259

Sag 19

"Pelicans Disturbed by ... People ... Move to a New Habitat"

124

93

"like the earth exploding"

260

Sag 20

"Cutting Ice from a Frozen Pond"

125

94

"When you are not yet born, where are you?" [viz., as an embryo?]

261

Sag 21

"A Child and a Dog {[Skt.] /garbha/ ‘embryo’ is cognate with [<arabi^] /kalb/ ‘hound’}

126

95

"What is ... of a lifetime? ...

Wearing Borrowed Sunglasses" {"we see through a glass, darkly [during this lifetime];

He teaches facing one."

but then [after death] face to face." (1^st Korinth. 13:12)}

127

"Dividing the river, ... the falls"

262

Sag 22

"Chinese Laundry" [it may be powered by a river’s waterfall]

96

"... knocked over the table." {"Thou praeparest a table before me, in the praesence of mine enemies." THL 23:5}

263

Sag 23

"A Group of Immigrants ... Entering a New Country" [lurking amongst them, are there enemy spies?]

129

97

"tortoise" {[Daoist] Tortoise is the Black Warrior; [Hoc^ak] "The warrior spirit Turtle rules over an underworld paradise where only those killed in action may choose to reside." (CW)}

264

Sag 24

"Bluebird {[Aztec] xiuh-tototl ‘blue-bird’ of (FP, p. 214) "Xiuhtecuhtli, ... as a warrior" (AMR)} at the Door of a House." {cf. the [Norse] many-doored Valho,l, where only einherjar slain in battle reside}

"one penny"

265

Sag 25

"Rich"

130

98

"sick" [the quarantined sick have their homes flagged ?]

266

Sag 26

"Flag-Bearer"

132

99

"this stringless lute ...

267

Sag 27

"The Sculptor’s Vision ... Is Slowly but Surely Taking Form" {here, Sculptor is Pugmalion, the Form is that of Galatea : connect with "playing the cithara and making Galatea blush" (Suidas, s.v. "threttanelo" – G)

do something clumsy"

as performed by Polu-phemos the Kuklops {such lumbering oafs are otherwise clumsy}

133

100

"dharma {< /DHAL-Mo-/} body"

268

Sag 28

"bridge ... of unknown ages" {that of HeiM-DAL ?}

135

101

"You are like this. I am like this. Ancestors in India were like this." [viz., all alike as though mowed to a uniform height]

269

Sag 29

"Mowing"

136

102

"I became a wild fox for five hundred lifetimes."

270

Sag 30

"The Pope Blessing the Faithful" {blessing is obtained by kissing the pope’s gold finger-ring ("Ring of the Fisherman" – RF) ; recovered out of the sea was the gold finger-ring of (HA 2:5) Minos, owner also of the hound which (AT) pursued the uncatchable vixen of Teumessa}