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Buddhist Studies - About the Wu Keng Chuan koans

Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

[Est.: 21 Oct 1995. Last updated: 22 Sep 2003.]

The purpose of this document, which is a part of the Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Libraryand of the Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library, is to provide comprehensive and factual information about the Wu Keng Chuan (E. Five Degrees of Tozan) koan collection as used in the Zen training. Any additional information, corrections or comments will be appreciated. Please send email to Dr T.Matthew Ciolek tmciolek@ciolek.com
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Table of Contents

  1. Koans - Some Definitions
  2. A Register of Known Koan Collections
  3. Works Dealing With the Koan Study

  4. About the Wu Keng Chuan koans
  5. Known English commentaries to Wu Keng Chuan koans
  6. Bibliography of commentaries to Wu Keng Chuan koans

About the
Wu Keng Chuan(C.) (E. Five Degrees of Tozan) koans

Wu Keng Chuan (C.) (J. Go-i, E. Five Degrees of Tozan, Five Ranks of Tozan or Five Situations of Tozan). A collection of 5 koans used in training in the Rinzai and Sanbo Kyodan lines of Zen (Maezumi and Glassman, 1976: 58-59, 61, 65-66, 98-101). The koans deal with the progressive depth of enlightenment as established by the Ts'ao-tung (Soto) master Tung-shan Liang-Chieh (J.Tozan Ryokai) (?-869 CE).

An English language translation of the cases of Wu Keng Chuan koans is also available online from http://web.archive.org/web/19990429004946/http://www.neis.net/kanzeon/rank.html and from The Five Degrees of Tozan, which are available online from http://altzen.freeyellow.com/page4.html

General structure of cases within the koan collection:

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Known English commentaries to
Wu Keng Chuan koans

Case names are taken from Cleary (1995:212) while the corresponding Chinese terms [in square brackets] come from Schuhmacher and Woerner (1986:107). Books dealing exclusively with the koans are referred to by the year of their publication. Commentaries embedded in materials dealing with other issues are referred to by the year and page number.

[Case 01] [Case 02] [Case 03] [Case 04] [Case 05]

Wu Keng Chuan koans as a whole

Anonymous (nd), Sekida (1975:237-240).

Wu Keng Chuan - Case 01
Coming within the Absolute [sho-chu-hen]

Commentaries: Sekida (1975:240-441), Tsao-shan Pen-chi (J. Sozan Honjaku) (in Cleary 1995:212),

Wu Keng Chuan - Case 02
Arriving within the Relative [hen-chu-sho]

Commentaries: Sekida (1975:241-443), Tsao-shan Pen-chi (J. Sozan Honjaku) (in Cleary 1995:212),

Wu Keng Chuan - Case 03
The Relative within the Absolute [sho-chu-rai]

Commentaries: Sekida (1975:243-444), Tsao-shan Pen-chi (J. Sozan Honjaku) (in Cleary 1995:212),

Wu Keng Chuan - Case 04
The Absolute within the Relative [ken-chu-shi]

Commentaries: Bolleter (1998), Sekida (1975:244-446), Tsao-shan Pen-chi (J. Sozan Honjaku) (in Cleary 1995:212),

Wu Keng Chuan - Case 05
Arrival within Both at the Once [ken-chu-to]

Commentaries: Sekida (1975:246-449), Tsao-shan Pen-chi (J. Sozan Honjaku) (in Cleary 1995:212),
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Bibliography

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Updates, additions and corrections to this page have been kindly provided by:

Nick Coffey, Jeff Wilson.



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