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koan #

koan

p.

degree #

degree

229

171

"pilgrimage" with unknown purpose

1

Ar 1

"A Woman" with "Seal Embracing Her" [the woman Anti-ope "went raging wildly all over" (GM 76.b) the country until Phokos (‘seal’ – ibid., vol. 2, p. 405) married her]

 231

172

"flax"

2

Ar 2

 "Comedian entertaining" [with jokes fluffy as flax?]

232

173

"Buddha’s relics"

3

Ar 3

"Cameo" shewing the profile of a man

233

174

"go to the town with the begging bowl"

4

Ar 4

"Strolling through a Secluded Walk"

234

175

"paper curtain"

5

Ar 5

white moth’s wings

236

176

"rice bucket"

6

Ar 6

"a Square" (box?)

238

177

Nii (‘apparitions’)

7

Ar 7

"in Two Worlds at Once"

239

178

"black beans" [some beans may induce flatulence]

8

Ar 8

"Blown by the East Wind"

241

179

"inside the shell."

9

Ar 9

"into a Crystal Ball"

242

180

"original permanence" is "Movement"

10

Ar 10

"New Symbolic Forms to Traditional Images"

243

181

put "straw sandals ... on his head" {cf. adoration of sandals of Rama-candra as emblematic of his government}

11

Ar 11

ruler of one’s country

244

182

WILD GEESE

12

Ar 12

WILD GEESE

246

183

mt. "Elephant Bone" {elephants have few teeth; likewise Ku-bera, god of gold}

13

Ar 13

unexploded bomb {[Bon] mythic bombs are said to be constructed of gold}

248

184

"Lion"

14

Ar 14

"Serpent Coiling" {cf. [Mithraic] Serpent Coiled around Lion-headed man}

250

185

"solitary light"

15

Ar 15

"Setting Sun"

251

186

"beat the drum"

16

Ar 16

"Dancing"

253

187

"half", in the assembly [seated together?]

17

Ar 17

"Two ... Sitting Together"

255

188

"vanish like a dream"

18

Ar 18

"Empty Hammock" [for sleeping in?]

256

189

"take everything away"

19

Ar 19

"Magic Carpet"

"a general"

20

Ar 20

"Dying"

258

190

"grabbed the ... ear and hit"

21

Ar 21

boxer

259

191

"turning point"; "not hinder"

22

Ar 22

"Gate" [hinged so as to turn?] "to ... Fulfilled Desires"

260

192

"boat" {ships are referred to as females}

23

Ar 23

"Woman ... Carrying a ... Valuable ... Load"

261

193

water-jar

24

Ar 24

"Cornucopia"

262

194

cannot harbor [i.e., cannot continue to retain : will change inner to outer]

25

Ar 25

"Inner and Outer Meanings"

264

195

"Dao of outside things"

26

Ar 26

"More ... than He Can Hold"

"a dragon"

27

Ar 27

"Imagination"

265

196

"thief slips into into an empty room"

28

Ar 28

"Disappointed Audience"

266

197

thunderlike voice

29

Ar 29

music of the sphaeres

268

198

"crossed ... with his dharma brother"

30

Ar 30

"A Duck ... with Its ... Brood"

"river"

31

Ta 1

"Mountain Stream"

269

199

"no grass for a myriad li" [forests instead?]

32

Ta 2

"Forests"

271

200

floating branch

33

Ta 3

"Blooming with Clover"

272

201

attained "Skin, Flesh, Bones, and Marrow"

34

Ta 4

"at the End of the Rainbow" {cf. [Bodish] ‘rainbow-body’ transfiguration of corpse}

274

202

"no abode that can contain this gigantic body"

35

Ta 5

"an Open Grave"

275

203

"How will you guide them?"

36

Ta 6

"Bridge Being Built"

276

204

poisonous snake

37

Ta 7

a "Well" {cf. [Hindu] parable of snake in well}

278

205

"meditation brace"; "sitting mat"

38

Ta 8

"Sleigh without Snow" [good then only for bracing one’s self with, while seated in]

279

206

"the essential matter" [kernellike?] : "had a meal"

39

Ta 9

"Christmas Tree" [fir-tree, yielding as seeds edible kernels]

281

207

"precious gold dust"

40

Ta 10

"Red Cross" [red being the color of a colloidal suspension of powdered gold]

282

208

"at the beginning of autumn" [when the garden-rows ought to be watered?]

41

Ta 11

"Sprinkling Long Rows"

"Pay me for the ninety days of meals."

42

Ta 12

"Window Shopping"

284

209

"The summit of Heavenly Light Mountain [Tenzokan] is difficult to reach."

43

Ta 13

carrying a mountain

285

210

water : "Put it back"

44

Ta 14

"Grope at the Edge of the Water"

the "old buddha" Vairocana {Virocana’s daughter Manthara is an avatara of Dundubhi (CDSL) : Dundubha is both ‘an unvenomous water-snake’ and ‘a name of S`iva’ (ibid.)}

45

Ta 15

"Muffled" {cf. snake worn (as if a muffler?) around neck by S`iva}

286

211

"Why didn’t the parent pay attention to ... child?"

46

Ta 16

"Old Man" is attempting, with a "Degree of Success Unsuspected by Him", to reveal the mysteries to a motley group

"cannot be split apart, even when hit with an ax."

47

Ta 17

"Symbolical" between "Swords" et al.

287

212

"being discussed all over."

48

Ta 18

"Airing"

288

213

"so difficult to find traces of"

49

Ta 19

new rising out of the ocean

290

214

"raise a particle of dust"

50

Ta 20

"Wisps ... Streaming across the Sky"

"hands"

51

Ta 21

"Moving Finger"

291

215

"buy a pair of sandals and go on traveling." {cf. sandals of Hermes, enabling Perseus to fly over sea}

52

Ta 22

"Flying Straight ... over Troubled Waters"

293

216

"selling"; "a staff" {cf. bejewelled rod (spear) of Izanagi & Izanami}

53

Ta 23

"Jewelry Shop Filled with the Most Magnificent Jewels"

294

217

"grabbed him."

54

Ta 24

with human scalps

295

218

"Turtle Mountain"

55

Ta 25

"Large Public Park"

296

"everything has to flow from your own heart."

56

Ta 26

"pours his heart out"

297

"the stone woman"

57

Ta 27

"Old Indian Woman" : "Beads"

298

219

"a mirror"

58

Ta 28

a woman standeth in rapt realization of forgotten charms

299

220

"two students"

59

Ta 29

"Two Cobblers"

300

"walked"

60

Ta 30

"Parading"

302

221

"Summer pond ... naturally opens"

61

Ge 1

"Reveals Undersea Wonders"

"transmit"

62

Ge 2

"gifts"

303

222

"a vegetable leaf floating down"

63

Ge 3

"barely a leaf out of place"

305

223

"salt and soy sauce" {cf. /salt/ < /salacious/}

64

Ge 4

"Kissing beneath the mistletoe"

306

224

"The Flower Garland Sutra"

65

Ge 5

"A Radical Magazine"

"In which dharma realm is this contained?"

66

Ge 6

"Drilling for Oil"

 307

225

 "cold"

67

Ge 7

"Coldest"

 309

226

"The monastic walked around the sitting platform once"

68

Ge 8

"Aroused Strikers Surround a Factory"

310

227

"with an army troup"

69

Ge 9

"Archer" : "His Quiver Filled with Arrows"

311

228

"you have passed away, ... ‘This is it.’"

70

Ge 10

"An Airplane Dives toward the Earth"

"should examine it in detail" [, "never been seen" (p. 312)]

71

Ge 11

"new Opportunities for Experience", "unexplored"

313

229

"sweep the ground" with "the broom" {cf. besom of [Aztec] black goddess Tlazol-teotl}

72

Ge 12

"Black Slave-Girl"

314

230

"hit the wooden fish announcing"

73

Ge 13

giving a "Concert Performance"

315

231

"on the tips of your tongues"

74

Ge 14

"in Conversation with Each Other"

316

232

"words and actions"

75

Ge 15

"Talking and Studying"

"planting flowers"

76

Ge 16

"A Woman Activist" [women enjoy the activity of planting flowers?]

317

233

"the one who has been here ... to the one who has not been here"

77

Ge 17

"a Robust Youth Changes into ... a Mature Thinker"

319

234

"excels ... by seven steps" [allusion to the Chinese (Daoist) dance on a floor-diagram of the 7 stars (of the Big Dipper)?]

78

Ge 18

"Two Chinese Men" : "in a Western Crowd"

320

"When the four elements decompose, where do you go?" [mummies of Zen masters are kept on display, as at a museum]

79

Ge 19

"Museum" : "Large Archaic Volume Reveals a Traditional Wisdom"

321

235

"spreading flowers on brocade" [flowers being of quality inferior to brocade?]

80

Ge 20

"an Abundance of Choices", though "not necessarily the best quality"

323

236

"If you take one step backward, you will lose" -- "please point directly for me."

81

Ge 21

"not getting their fair share" -- "Demonstrations"

324

"dancing" : "look at September, look at October"

82

Ge 22

"Dancing ... in a Harvest Festival."

237

"not fall into stages" [of ascent] -- "I haven’t even practiced"

83

Ge 23

"Fledglings in a Nest" – "they haven’t developed"

326

238

"on a distant mountain" [icy?] : "the climb was steep and difficult"

84

Ge 24

"on Ice" : "personal danger"

327

239

"raft"

85

Ge 25

"clipping dead fronds off "Large Palm Trees." [are the frond-stems usable for constructing a raft?]

328

"lose the Way."

86

Ge 26

"in the Woods"

329

240

"The way of going beyond is not easy to attain."

87

Ge 27

"Gazes at Far Cities"

"in the middle of the busy marketplace, free"

88

Ge 28

"Society Granting Bankruptcy to Him"

330

241

"a swallow singing"

89

Ge 29

"The First Mockingbird of Spring Sings"

332

242

"Avalokites`vara ... This has form." [(in China,) for Avalokita-is`vara is usually substituted the aequivalent to his wife, Man.i-padma]

90

Ge 30

"Bathing Beauties" [shapely?]

p.

koan #

koan

exposition

243

181

cut the cat asunder

in a [Kemetian] vignette, a cat cut a snake asunder; but in [Norse] mythology, the cat is identified as a snake (as Jo,rmundgand = Midgards-Orm)