Case 50: Yunmen’s Bowl and Bucket

Case 50: Yunmen’s Bowl and Bucket

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Yunmen’s Bowl and Bucket
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Yun Men’s Every Atom Samadhi
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Ummon’s “Particle After Particle’s Samadhi”
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Yunmen Wenyan (864-949)
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • Yun Men
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Ummon
  • Other koan collections:
    • The Book of Equanimity, Case #99
    • The True Dharma Eye, Case #158
  • 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 126, 1973)
    • John Daido Loori (contained in The True Dharma Eye, 2005)
    • Gerry Shishin Wick (contained in The Book of Equanimity, 2005)