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Koan Studies - About the Denkoroku koans

Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

[Est.: 29 Oct 1995. Last updated: 11 Jan 2001.]

The purpose of this document, which is a part of the Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library and of the Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library, is to provide comprehensive and factual information about the Denkoroku (E. Transmission of Light) 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 Denkoroku koans
  5. Known English commentaries to Denkoroku koans
  6. Bibliography of commentaries to Denkoroku koans


About the
Denkoroku (J.) (E. Transmission of Light) koans

Denkoroku (J.) (E. Transmission of Light, Account by the Monk Keizan of the Transmission of the Light [Lamp]). A collection of 53 koans concerning the circumstances of the Dharma transmission amongst the 53 patriarchs within the Ts'ao-tung (Soto) line of Zen. A text attributed to the Zen master Keizan Jokin (1268-1325), the fourth generation teacher of the Dogen's school of Soto Zen.

General structure of cases within the koan collection:

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Known English commentaries to
Denkoroku koans

Case names are taken from Cleary (1990). 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] [Case 17] [Case 18] [Case 19] [Case 20] [Case 21] [Case 22] [Case 23] [Case 24] [Case 25] [Case 26] [Case 27] [Case 28] [Case 29] [Case 30] [Case 31] [Case 32] [Case 33] [Case 34] [Case 35] [Case 36] [Case 37] [Case 38] [Case 39] [Case 40] [Case 41] [Case 42] [Case 43] [Case 44] [Case 45] [Case 46] [Case 47] [Case 48] [Case 49] [Case 50] [Case 51] [Case 52] [Case 53]

Denkoroku - Case 01
Shakyamuni Buddha

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990), Tarrant (1992),

Denkoroku - Case 02
Kasyapa

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 03
Ananda

[This case corresponds to:
Wu-Men Kuan Case 22 ]

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990), Loori (1988:111-122),

Denkoroku - Case 04
Shanavasa

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 05
Upagupta

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 06
Dhrtaka

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 07
Micchaka

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 08
Vasumitraa

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 09
Buddhanandi

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 10
Punyamitra

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),
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Denkoroku - Case 11
Parshva

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 12
Punyayashas

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 13
Ashvaghosha

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 14
Kapimala

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 15
Nagarjuna

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 16
Kanadeva

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 17
Rahulata

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 18
Sanghanandi

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 19
Jayashata

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 20
Kumarata

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),
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Denkoroku - Case 21
Jayata

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 22
Vasubhandu

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 23
Manora

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 24
Haklena

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 25
Sinha

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990), Treace (2001),

Denkoroku - Case 26
Vashashita

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 27
Punyamitra

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 28
Prajnatara

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 29
Bodhidharma

Commentaries: Keizan (in Anzan and Dainen 1999), Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 30
Huike (Shenguang)

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990), Loori (1988:71-23),
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Denkoroku - Case 31
Sengcan

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 32
Daoxin

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 33
Hongren

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 34
Huineng

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990), Loori (1994:119-131),

Denkoroku - Case 35
Quingyuan

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 36
Shitou

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 37
Yaoshan

Commentaries: Hartman (1996), Hixon and Tworkov (1995), Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 38
Yunyan

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 39
Dongshan

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990), Loori (1994:251-263),

Denkoroku - Case 40
Yunju

Commentaries: Hartman (1996), Keizan (in Cleary 1990),
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Denkoroku - Case 41
Daopi

Commentaries: Bolleter (1996), Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 42
Tongan

Commentaries: Hartman (1996), Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 43
Liangshan

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 44
Dayang

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 45
Touzi

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 46
Daokai

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 47
Danxia

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 48
Wukong

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 49
Zongjue

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 50
Zhijian

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),
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Denkoroku - Case 51
Rujing

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 52
Dogen

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),

Denkoroku - Case 53
Ejo

Commentaries: Keizan (in Cleary 1990),
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Bibliography

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