List of koans by Yunmen Wenyan

• Yunmen inquired of his monks, "This world is such a wide world! Why then do you answer to a temple bell and don ceremonial robes?" • A monk asked Yunmen, "What is the Dharmakaya (the ultimate formless timeless reality)?". :Yunmen replied: "A garden of medicinal flowers." :The monk then said, "Is that all I need to understand?" :Yunmen replied: "If that isn't enough, then you'll need to see the mythical Golden-Haired Lion." • A monk once asked Yunmen, "What is the Dharma Kaya?" :Yunmen answered: "The Six Ungraspables." (The Graspables are the five senses and the mind. ==In popular culture==

The TV series Fargo makes liberal use of gong'ans. For example, in episode 5, titled "The Six Ungraspables" (May 2014), Gus' rabbi-like neighbor relates a parable, and in episode 6, "Buridan's Ass", Malvo has Don (voice disguised) phone Stavros and read a gong'an over the telephone. ==Notes==