Kōan Series - Unmon's Kanshiketsu

<p>Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 15 - Unmon&#39;s Kanshiketsu</p><p>Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy.</p><p>Resources: Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Zen-Buddhism-e1a2sm2</p><p>Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9</p><p>Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5scl</p><p>Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i</p><p>Hori, Victor Sogen (1999). &quot;Translating the Zen Phrase Book&quot; (PDF). Nanzan Bulletin (23).; Hori, Victor Sogen (2000), Koan and Kensho in the Rinzai Zen Curriculum. In: Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (eds)(2000): &quot;The Koan. Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University Press; Heine, Steven (2008), Zen Skin, Zen Marrow; Bielefeldt, Carl (2009), &quot;Expedient Devices, the One Vehicle, and the Life Span of the Buddha&quot;, in Teiser, Stephen F.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (eds.), Readings of the Lotus Sutra, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231142885; Kotatsu, Fujita; Hurvitz, Leon (1975), &quot;One Vehicle or Three&quot;, Journal of Indian Philosophy, 3 (1/2): 79–166; Lopez, Donald (2016), The Lotus Sutra: A Biography (Kindle ed.), Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691152202; Lopez, Donald S.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (2019), Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra, Princeton University Press; Pye, Michael (2003), Skilful Means – A concept in Mahayana Buddhism, Routledge, ISBN 0203503791; Watson, Burton (tr.) (1993), The Lotus Sutra, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023108160X; Patrick Olivelle, trans. Life of the Buddha. Clay Sanskrit Library, 2008. 1 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English with summary of the Chinese cantos not available in the Sanskrit); Stone, Jacqueline Ilyse (2003), &quot;Original enlightenment and the transformation of medieval Japanese Buddhism&quot; (PDF), Studies in East Asian Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press (12), ISBN 978-0-8248-2771-7, archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013; Hakeda, Yoshito S., trans. (1967), Awakening of Faith—Attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, with commentary by Yoshito S. Hakeda, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08336-X; Jorgensen, John; Lusthaus, Dan; Makeham, John; Strange, Mark, trans. (2019), Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190297718</p><p>_________________________________</p><p>If you like our show and would like to support us, we encourage you to give your money or resources to a worthy cause. We can get through this. Our strongest weapon is solidarity. Stay strong and help where you can. Thank you.</p><p>Do you have a question about Buddhism that you&#39;d like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.</p><p>Credits:</p><p>Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host</p><p>Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host</p>