While the Blue Cliff Record and the Gateless Gate are two distinct collections of classic koans, the Book of Equanimity is a greatest hits record. Some koans from the Blue Cliff Record and some from The Gateless Gate appear in the Book of Equanimity, along with some koans that are unique to the titular book. Koans of The Book of Equanimity:
- The World-Honored One Ascends The Platform
- Bodhidharma’s Vast Emptiness
- An Invitation For The Patriarch
- The World-Honored One Points To The Earth
- Seigan’s Cost Of Rice
- Baso’s White And Black
- Yakusan Takes The High Seat
- Hyakujo’s Fox
- Nansen Cuts A Cat
- Joshu Sees Through The Old Woman
- Ummon’s Two Sicknesses
- Jizo Plants The Field
- Rinzai’s Blind Donkey
- Attendant Kanu Serves Tea
- Kyozan Plants His Mattock
- Mayoku Thumps His Staff
- Hogen’s Hair’s-Breadth
- Joshu’s Dog
- Ummon’s Mount Sumeru
- Jizo’s “Not Knowing Is The Most Intimate”
- Ungan Sweeps The Ground
- Ganto’s Bow And Shout
- Roso Faces The Wall
- Seppo’s Poison Snake
- Enkan’s Rhinoceros-Horn Fan
- Kyozan Points To Snow
- Hogen Points To The Blind
- Gokoku’s Three Shames
- Fuketsu’s Iron Ox
- Daizui’s Kalpa Fire
- Ummon’s Free-Standing Pillar
- Kyozan’s State Of Mind
- Sansho’s Golden Carp
- Fuketsu’s Speck Of Dust
- Rakuho’s Acquiescence
- Baso’s Illness
- Isan’s Karmic Consequences
- Rinzai’s True Man
- Joshu’s Bowl-Washing
- Ummon’s Black And White
- Rakuho’s Last Moments
- Nanyo’s Washbasin
- Razan’s Arising And Vanishing
- Koyu’s Garuda Bird
- The Sutra Of Complete Awakeming
- Tokusan’s Completion Of Study
- Joshu’s Cypress Tree
- Vimalakirti’s Nonduality
- Tozan Offers To The Essence
- Seppo’s “What’s This?”
- Hogen’s “By Boat Or Land”
- Sozan’s Dharmakaya
- Obaku’s Dregs
- Ungan’s Great Compassionate One
- Seppo The Rice Cook
- Mishi’s White Rabbit
- Genyo’s One Thing
- The Diamond Sutra’s Reviling
- Seirin’s Deadlu Snake
- Ryutetsuma’s Old Cow
- Kempo’s One Stroke
- Beiko’s No Enlightenment
- Joshu Asks About Death
- Shisho’s Transmission
- Shuzan’s New Bride
- Kyuho’s Head And Tail
- The Avatamsaka Sutra’s Wisdom
- Kassan’s Slashing Sword
- Nansen’s Cats And Cows
- Shinzan Questions The Nature Of Life
- Suigan’s Eyebrows
- Chuyu’s Monkey
- Sozan’s Requited Filial Piety
- Hogen’s Substance And Name
- Zuigan’s Permanent Principle
- Shuzan’s Three Phrases
- Kyozan Holds His Own
- Ummon’s Farm Rice-Cake
- Chosha Advances A Step
- Ryuge Passes The Chin Rest
- Gensha Comes To The Province
- Ummon’s Sounds And Shapes
- Dogo’s Nursing
- Gutei’s One Finger
- The National Teacher’s Seamless Tomb
- Rinzai’s Great Enlightenment
- Sozan’s With Or Without
- The Shurangama’s Unseen
- Tozan’s No Grass
- Kyozan Respectfully Declares It
- Nansen’s Peony
- Ummon’s One Treasure
- Roso’s Not Understanding
- Tozan’s Illness
- Rinzai’s One Stroke
- Kyuho’s Disapproval
- Emperor Ko’s Cap
- Tozan’s Heed
- Ummon’s Bowl And Pail
- Roya’s Mountains And Rivers
Chinese (Pinyin): Cóngróng Lù