Book of Serenity

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Buddhist scripture Chan Buddhist text Song dynasty Zen text Zen koan collection

The Book of Serenity is a classic Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan collection, widely studied for its poetic commentaries and teachings on enlightenment.

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Label Occurrences
Book of Equanimity 3
Book of Serenity canonical 1
The Book of Serenity 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scripture ⓘ
Chan Buddhist text ⓘ
Song dynasty Zen text ⓘ
Zen koan collection ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Book of Serenity ⓘ
surface form: Book of Equanimity

Congrong Lu ⓘ
Shōyōroku ⓘ
hasAudience Buddhist practitioners ⓘ
Zen students ⓘ
hasCommentator Wansong Xingxiu ⓘ
hasCompiler Hongzhi Zhengjue ⓘ
hasForm commentarial anthology ⓘ
koan collection ⓘ
hasGenre religious text ⓘ
spiritual teaching ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Song dynasty ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn East Asian Zen literature ⓘ
modern Zen practice ⓘ
hasKeyConcept Tathagatagarbha ⓘ
surface form: Buddha-nature

emptiness ⓘ
meditative insight ⓘ
practice-realization ⓘ
hasLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
hasLiteraryStyle poetic commentary ⓘ
hasNumberOfKoans 100 ⓘ
hasOriginalTitleLanguage Chinese ⓘ
hasPrimaryTheme Buddhist practice ⓘ
enlightenment ⓘ
equanimity ⓘ
nonduality ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
hasStructure case with verse and prose commentary ⓘ
isPartOf Zen koan curriculum ⓘ
isRelatedWork Blue Cliff Record ⓘ
Gateless Gate ⓘ
isStudiedFor poetic commentaries ⓘ
teachings on enlightenment ⓘ
isUsedFor Zen training ⓘ
contemplative practice ⓘ
koan study ⓘ
isWidelyStudiedIn Rinzai ⓘ
surface form: Rinzai Zen

Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Zen monasteries ⓘ
originatesIn China ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan Buddhism → textualCollection → Book of Serenity ⓘ
Blue Cliff Record → relatedWork → Book of Serenity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Equanimity
Book of Serenity → hasAlternativeName → Book of Serenity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Equanimity
Zhaozhou Congshen → appearsIn → Book of Serenity ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Book of Serenity
Zen koans → compiledIn → Book of Serenity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Equanimity