ABSTRACT

The complete Chinese title of the text we shall be looking at in this unit is 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 (fóguǒ yuánwù chánshī bìyánlù) ‘The Blue (literally ‘jade-blue’ or ‘blue-green’) Cliff Record of the Chan Master Foguo Yuanwu’ (T48:2003). It is better known by the shortened title 碧巖錄 ‘The Blue Cliff Record’. It is sometimes also referred to as 碧巖 ‘The Blue Cliff Collection’. In English it is usually called ‘The Blue Cliff Record’.