Case 37: Panshan’s Triple World

Case 37: Panshan’s Triple World

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Panshan’s Triple World
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): P’an Shan’s There Is Nothing in the World
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Banzan’s “Three Worlds, No Dharma”
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Panshan
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • P’an Shan
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Banzan
  • Historical commentaries:
    • Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
  • Modern commentaries: 
    • Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koanspage 55, 1973)