Blue Cliff Record

The Blue Cliff Record (Hekiganroku) is a renowned collection of one hundred koans (or “public cases”) in the Zen tradition.

Katagiri Roshi gave talks on the cases of the Blue Cliff Record from 1979 to 1989. Listed below are the talks that are present in the online audio archive.

Talk List | Talk Summaries

• Case 1: The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths, Talk 1
• Case 1: The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths, Talk 2
• Case 2: The Ultimate Path Is Without Difficulty, Talk 1
• Case 2: The Ultimate Path Is Without Difficulty, Talk 2
• Case 3: Master Ma Is Unwell, Talk 1
• Case 3: Master Ma Is Unwell, Talk 2
• Case 4: Te Shan Carrying His Bundle, Talk 1
• Case 4: Te Shan Carrying His Bundle, Talk 2
• Case 5 Talk 1
• Case 5 Talk 2
• Case 7 Talk 1
• Case 7 Talk 2
• Case 8 Talk 1
• Case 8 Talk 2
• Case 9
• Case 10
• Case 11
• Case 12 – Part 1 and 2
• Case 13
• Case 14
• Case 15
• Case 18: National Teacher Chung’s Seamless Monument
• Case 20 Talk 1
• Case 20 Talk 2
• Case 22
• Case 23 Talk 1
• Case 23 Talk 3
• Case 24
• Case 25: The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Holds Up His Staff, Talk 1
• Case 25: The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Holds Up His Staff, Talk 2
• Case 27 Talk 1
• Case 27 Talk 2
• Case 28
• Case 29 Talk 1
• Case 29 Talk 2
• Case 30
• Case 32 (mislabeled as Case 33 in the archive)
• Case 33
• Case 34: Yang Shan Asks “Where Have You Come From?”
• Case 35: The Dialogue of Manjusri and Wu Cho
• Case 36: Ch’ang Sha Wandering in the Mountains, Talk 1
• Case 36: Ch’ang Sha Wandering in the Mountains, Talk 2
• Case 37: P’an Shan’s There Is Nothing in the World
• Case 38: Feng Hsueh’s Workings of the Iron Ox, Talk 1
• Case 38: Feng Hsueh’s Workings of the Iron Ox, Talk 2
• Case 39: Yun Men’s Flowering Hedge, Talk 1
• Case 39: Yun Men’s Flowering Hedge, Talk 2
• Case 40: Nan Ch’uan’s It’s Like a Dream, Talk 1
• Case 40: Nan Ch’uan’s It’s Like a Dream, Talk 2
• Case 41: Chao Chou’s Man Who Has Died the Great Death, Talk 1
• Case 41: Chao Chou’s Man Who Has Died the Great Death, Talk 2
• Case 42: Layman P’ang’s Good Snowflakes, Talk 1
• Case 42: Layman P’ang’s Good Snowflakes, Talk 2
• Case 43: Tung Shan’s No Cold or Heat, Talk 1
• Case 43 Talk 2: The Five Ranks
• Case 44: Ho Shan’s Knowing How to Beat the Drum, Talk 1
• Case 44: Ho Shan’s Knowing How to Beat the Drum, Talk 2
• Case 45: Chao Chou’s Seven-Pound Cloth Shirt, Talk 1
• Case 45: Chao Chou’s Seven-Pound Cloth Shirt, Talk 2
• Case 46: Ching Ch’ing’s Sound of Raindrops, Talk 1
• Case 46: Ching Ch’ing’s Sound of Raindrops, Talk 2
• Case 49 Talk 1
• Case 49 Talk 2
• Case 50
• Case 51 Talk 1
• Case 51 Talk 2
• Case 52 Talk 2
• Case 53
• Case 54
• Case 55 Talk 1
• Case 55 Talk 3
• Case 57 Talk 1
• Case 57 Talk 2
• Case 58 Talk 1
• Case 58 Talk 2
• Case 59
• Case 60
• Case 61 Talk 1
• Case 61 Talk 2
• Case 62 Talk 1
• Case 62 Talk 2
• Case 63
• Case 64
• Case 67
• Case 68 Talk 1
• Case 68 Talk 2
• Case 69 Talk 1
• Case 69 Talk 2: On Note 2, Symmetry and Unsymmetry
• Case 69 Talk 3
• Case 70 Talk 1
• Case 71
• Case 72
• Case 73
• Case 74
• Case 75
• Case 76
• Case 78 Talk 1
• Case 78 Talk 2
• Case 79 Talk 1
• Case 80 Talk 1
• Case 80 Talk 2
• Case 81 Talk 1
• Case 81 Talk 2
• Case 84 Talk 1
• Case 84 Talk 2
• Case 84 Talk 3: Impermanence and the Meaning of Silence
• Case 84 Talk 4: Three Aspects of Buddha’s Silence
• Case 86 Talk 1
• Case 86 Talk 2
• Case 87 Talk 1
• Case 87 Talk 2