Case 1: Buddha Ascends the Rostrum
Summary： Buddha descended without speaking.
Q：What is the Core of Case 1?
A： Teaching beyond words.
Keywords： #釈迦 (Shakyamuni) #文殊 (Manjushri) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen)#従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 2: Bodhidharma’s Vast Emptiness
Summary： Bodhidharma left the Emperor.
Q：What is the Core of Case 2?
A： Transcendence from the mundane.
Keywords:： #達磨(Bodhidharma) #帝・王 (Emperor/King) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen)#従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 3: The Ancestor Invited by East India
概要：Prajnatara did not recite sutras.
Q：What is the Core of Case 3?
A：Embodying the essence of truth.
Keywords:： #般若多羅 (Prajnatara) #帝・王 (Emperor/King) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 4: Buddha Points to the Ground
概要：Sakra planted a single blade of grass.
Q：What is the Core of Case 3?
A：Pure Land manifest in the Here and Now.
Keywords:： #釈迦 (Shakyamuni) #帝釈天 (Shakra/Indra) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 5: Seigen’s Price of Rice
概要：Seigen asked the price of rice.
Q：What is the Core of Case 5?
A：Flux within interconnectedness.
Keywords:： #青原 (Seigen) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 6: Mazu’s White and Black
概要：Mazu spoke of white and black heads.
Q：What is the Core of Case 6?
A：Beyond words, Reality as it is.
Keywords:： #馬祖 (Mazu) #智蔵 (Chizo) #百丈 (Baizhang) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 7: Yakusan Ascends the Rostrum
概要：Yakusan remained silent on the rostrum.
Q：What is the Core of Case 7?
A：Zen is silence and non-exposition.
Keywords:：
#薬山 (Yakusan) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 8: Baizhang and Wild Fox
概要：Hyakujo spoke of “Not obscuring cause and effect.”
Q：What is the Core of Case 8?
A：Living truthfully within causality.
Keywords:： #百丈 (Baizhang) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 9: Nansen Cuts the Cat
概要：Nansen cut the cat.
Q：What is the Core of Case 9?
A：Severing the bonds of logic.
Keywords:： #南泉 (Nansen) #趙州 (Joshu) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 10: The Old Woman of Mount Tai
概要：The old woman said, “Go straight on.”
Q：What is the Core of Case 9?
A：The path is in the step you take now.
Keywords:： #老婆 (Old Woman/Rouba) #趙州 (Joshu) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 11: Yunmen’s Two Sicknesses
概要：Ummon spoke of the sickness of enlightenment.
Q：What is the Core of Case11?
A：Dissolving the self is the remedy.
Keywords:： #雲門 (Yunmen) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 12: Dizang Plants the Rice Field
概要：Dizang spoke of planting and eating rice.
Q：What is the Core of Case12?
A：Practice is daily life, not debate.
Keywords:：#地蔵 (Dizang) #法眼 (Hogen) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 13: Linji’s Blind Donkey
概要：Linji gave a shout Katsu!
Q：What is the Core of Case13?
A：The shout: Pre-verbal function.
Keywords:： #臨済 (Linji) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)
Case 14: Kaku Offers Tea
概要：Tokusan left in silence
Q：What is the Core of Case14?
A：Silence: Expression of pre-verbal function.
Keywords:： #徳山 (Tokusan) #公案 (Koan) #禅 (Zen) #従容録 (Shoyo-roku)