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Table of Contents
- Koans - Some Definitions
- A Register of Known Koan Collections
- Works Dealing With the Koan Study
- About the Bodhisattva Precepts koans
- Known English commentaries to Bodhisattva Precepts koans
- Bibliography of commentaries to Bodhisattva Precepts koans
About the
Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts koans
The Bodhisattva Precepts, Sixteen Bosatsu-kai (J.). A collection
of 16 koans used in training in the Rinzai and Sanbo
Kyodan
lines of Zen (Maezumi and Glassman, 1976: 58-59, 61, 65-66, 98-101).
These koans are also used in the ceremony of accepting the Precepts (the
Jukai ceremony) when they are given a unique and personal commentary (written and oral)
(Aitken 1994:92-93) by a student taking a Buddhist name and embarking on the Bodhisattva path. The
collection is comprised of the Three Vows of Refuge; the Three Pure
Precepts and the Ten Grave Precepts .
General structure of cases within the koan collection:
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Known English commentaries to
Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts koans
Case names are taken from Aitken
(1991:27-31). Books dealing exclusively with
the koans are referrred 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] [Case 06] [Case 07] [Case 08]
[Case 09] [Case 10] [Case 11] [Case 12]
[Case 13] [Case 14] [Case 15] [Case 16]
THE 16 BODHISATTVA PRECEPTS AS A WHOLE
Commentaries:
Anzan (1985),
Maezumi (in 1977:90-99),
Maezumi (1981),
Tarrant (1992),
Tarrant (1994a),
Tarrant (1994b),
THE THREE VOWS OF REFUGE
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 01
I take refuge in the Buddha
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:67),
Anzan (1985),
Tarrant (1992),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 02
I take refuge in the Dharma
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:69),
Anzan (1985),
Tarrant (1992),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 03
I take refuge in the Sangha
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:72),
Anzan (1985),
Tarrant (1992),
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THE THREE PURE PRECEPTS
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 04
I vow to maintain the Precepts
Commentaries:
Aitken (1994:27),
Anzan (1985),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 05
I vow to practice all good dharmas
Commentaries:
Aitken (1994:27),
Anzan (1985),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 06
I vow to save the many beings
Commentaries:
Aitken (1994:27),
Anzan (1985),
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THE TEN GRAVE PRECEPTS
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 07 [The First Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Killing
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:81),
Aitken (1984:16-26),
Aitken (1994:28),
Anzan (1985),
Hasegawa (1975:40),
Kapleau (1980:244-258),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 08 [The Second Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Stealing
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:82),
Aitken (1984:27-36),
Aitken (1994:29),
Anzan (1985),
Hasegawa (1975:41),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 09 [The Third Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Misusing Sex
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:82),
Aitken (1984:27-48),
Aitken (1994:29),
Anzan (1985),
Barzaghi (1993),
Hasegawa (1975:41),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 10 [The Fourth Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Speaking Falsely
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:83),
Aitken (1984:49-57),
Aitken (1994:30),
Anzan (1985),
Hasegawa (1975:41),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 11 [The Fifth Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Giving or Taking Drugs
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:83),
Aitken (1984:57-63),
Aitken (1994:30),
Anzan (1985),
Hasegawa (1975:42),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 12 [The Sixth Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Discussing Faults of Others
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:84),
Aitken (1984:64-72),
Aitken (1994:31),
Anzan (1985),
Hasegawa (1975:42),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 13 [The Seventh Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Praising Myself while Abusing Others
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:84),
Aitken (1984:73-79),
Aitken (1994:31),
Anzan (1985),
Hasegawa (1975:42),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 14 [The Eighth Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Sparing the Dharma Assets
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:85),
Aitken (1984:80-87),
Aitken (1994:31),
Anzan (1985),
Hasegawa (1975:43),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 15 [The Ninth Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Indulging in Anger
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:85),
Aitken (1984:88-96),
Aitken (1984a),
Aitken (1994:31),
Anzan (1985),
Barzaghi (1997:1-7),
Hasegawa (1975:43),
Bodhisattva Precepts - Case 16 [The Tenth Grave Precept]
I take up the way of Not Defaming the Three Treasures
Commentaries:
Aitken (1982:86),
Aitken (1984:97-104),
Aitken (1984b),
Aitken (1994:32),
Anzan (1985),
Hasegawa (1975:43),
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Bibliography
- Aitken, Robert. 1982. Taking the Path of Zen. San Francisco: North Point Press.
- Aitken, Robert. 1984. The Mind of Clover - Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. San Francisco: North Point Press.
- Aitken, Robert. 1984a. The Ninth Grave Precept - Not Indulging in Anger. Blind Donkey - the journal of The Diamond Sangha, Vol 8(4), September 1984, pp. 1-10.
- Aitken, Robert. 1984b. The Tenth Grave Precept - Not Defaming The Three Treasures. Blind Donkey - the journal of The Diamond Sangha, Vol 8(4), December 1984, pp. 1-10.
- Aitken, Robert. 1991. Diamond
Sangha Sutras. Revised and updated (Dec 1991) translation from
Japanese by Robert Aitken for the use in the Diamond Sangha Zen
centers. Also printed in Aitken, Robert. 1993. Encouraging Words - Zen
Buddhist Teachings for Western Students. pp. 190-194. New York and San
Francisco: Pantheon Books.
[Available online from URL
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/ZenPages/Daily-Zen-Sutras.html
- Aitken, Robert. 1994. The Practice of Perfection - The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective.
New York and San Francisco: Pantheon Books.
- Anzan Hoshin. 1985. Cutting the Cat Into One:
the Practice of the Bodhisattva Precepts. White Wind Zen Community, Ottawa, Canada.
[Available online from URL
http://www.wwzc.org/teisho/cuttingCat.htm
- Barzaghi, Subhana. 1993. Red
Thread Zen - The Tao of Love, Passion, and Sex. [full reference to be provided]
[Available online from URL
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buddhism-zen/teachings/barzaghi-subhana/subhana-teisho-93-oct-b.txt]
- Barzaghi, Subhana. 1997. An Ocean of Bright Clouds, an
Ocean of Solemn Clouds. [On the Precept #15]
pp. 1-7. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Center. Winter 1997.
- Hasegawa, Seikan. 1975. The Cave of Poison Grass - Essays on the
Hannya Sutra. Arlington, Virginia: Great Ocean Publishers.
- Kapleau, Philip. 1980. Zen: Dawn in the West. London: Rider.
- Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan and Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen (Eds). 1976. On
Zen Practice. Los Angeles: Zen Center of Los Angeles.
- Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan. 1977. 'Receiving the Precepts', in
Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan and Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen (Eds.). pp.
90-99. On Zen Practice II: Body, Breath and Mind. Los Angeles: Center
Publications.
- Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan. 1981. 'Jukai: Receiving the Precepts.' The Ten Directions -
Journal of the Center of Los Angeles and the Institute For Transcultural Studies.
June 1981, Vol 2(2). pp.1,8.
- Tarrant, John. 1992. Jukai
ceremony and the way of Boddhisattva. An unpublished sesshin teisho of 11 Nov 1992.
[Available online from URL
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buddhism-zen/teachings/tarrant-john/tarrant-teisho-92-11-17.txt]
- Tarrant, John. 1994a. Jukai -
a Refuge and a Home. An unpublished sesshin teisho of Autumn 1994.
[Available online from URL
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buddhism-zen/teachings/tarrant-john/tarrant-teisho-94-autumn-b.txt]
- Tarrant, John. 1994b.The Simplicity of The Way. An unpublished sesshin teisho of Winter 1994.
[Available online from URL
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buddhism-zen/teachings/tarrant-john/tarrant-teisho-94-winter-b.txt]
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