Quiz: Buddhism Blue Cliff Records
- Question 1 of 10
1.
‘When it is not present in the consciousness and it is not present in phenomenon…what is IT?’
Correct
Wrong — Correct Answer – An upsided statement
A Koan is a tangential case, derived from the Chinese word: kung an. It was engendered by Hsueh Tou and Yung Wu, a school of Chan Buddhism (960-1024 AD), and disseminated to the Rinzai schools of Japan.
- Question 2 of 10
2.
What ought to be the reply to Hakuin’s statement here: ‘Look, are my eyebrows still there? Asking if his eyebrows have fallen out, he hangs a sheep’s head but sells dog-meat’. Your reply..?
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Wrong — Correct Answer – Isn’t that annoying?
Hakuin was the most famous Japanese Zen Monk and produced 500 pages of commentary on the ‘Blue Cliff Records’.
- Question 3 of 10
3.
‘Cease, desist and an ____ tree blossoms.’
Correct
Wrong — Correct Answer – Iron
A quote by the venerable Nansen…it follows as thus: ‘Has this happened to anyone? A clever lad loses his profits, even if uninhibited one cannot escape being taken in tow. But tell me, where is the mix-up?’
- Question 4 of 10
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‘What does the sky say? The four seasons go there. What does the earth say? Myriad beings are born there. The substance can be seen in the operation of the 4 seasons, the action can be seen in the birth of myriad beings, but where can a Zen practitioner be seen? Detached from speech and activity can you discern?’
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Wrong — Correct Answer – Not contained the six
- Question 5 of 10
5.
‘What is concentration on every atom?’
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Wrong — Correct Answer – Food in the bowl, water in the pail
A very famous saying by Ummon, from the ‘Flower Ornament Scriptures’…it means to have a correct reception of who we are and not grasping or attaching to the illusory nature of the external world…
- Question 6 of 10
6.
‘With no place to sink your teeth, the seal of Zen masters are like the works of an iron ox. Having passed through a bramble of thorns, they are are like a snowflake in a raging furnace…leaving aside piercing and penetrating on level ground for now, when you no longer fall into conditions, then what?’
Correct
Wrong — Correct Answer – sitting in Nansen’s circle
- Question 7 of 10
7.
‘How would you speak with your mouth shut?’
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Wrong — Correct Answer – Can you?
- Question 8 of 10
8.
‘What is the talk beyond Buddhas and Zen masters called?’
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Wrong — Correct Answer – A piece of cake
What is the transcendental realm called? I am not sure if Ummon’s reply here is even adequate.
- Question 9 of 10
9.
‘Medicine and disease quell each other. The whole earth is medicine, what is your self?’
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Wrong — Correct Answer – universe
- Question 10 of 10
10.
‘What is the sound of one hand clapping’
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Wrong — Correct Answer – anything