Question
Four phrases from the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment are included in a collection of 100 of these texts, the Book of Equanimity. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these texts collected in The Gateless Gate. “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” is an example of these short dialogues popular in Zen Buddhism.
ANSWER: koans [or gong’an; or hwadu; prompt on lessons or parables]
[10m] A koan from the Book of Equanimity simply consists of a quote from this text about being “despised” by “the people of this world.” This text consists of a dialogue between Buddha and his disciple Subhūti about how reality is illusory.
ANSWER: Diamond Sutra [or Vajra Sutra; or Vajracchedika Sutra; or Vajra Cutter Sutra]
[10h] In another koan from the Book of Equanimity, Sozan compares this concept to “a well looking at a donkey.” Sodh Candasaro founded a Thai tradition named for this concept, which is grouped with two other aspects of being that are named for sambhoga and nirmana.
ANSWER: dharmakaya [or dhammakaya; or fashen; or hosshin; or the dharma body; accept the truth body or reality body; prompt on bodies; prompt on dharma; prompt on the trikaya]
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