The Gateless Gate A Collection Of Zen Koan By Hui Kai Goodreads

The Gateless Gate A Collection Of Zen Koan By Hui Kai Goodreads This thirteenth century text, the gateless gate, is one of the most influential and canonical zen buddhist documents still in mass print. as with the the blue cliff record, book of equanimity and the cascade collection, the gateless gate is primarily a book of riddles, called koans, which are followed by commentary. this edition, edited by koun. 174 ratings15 reviews. a new translation of the gateless gate and the blue cliff records , two classic collections of zen koans—or guiding ‘riddles’—used in the study of zen buddhism. the strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths.

The Gateless Gate Is A Collection Of 48 Chan Zen Koans Compiled In 41 books based on 6 votes: zen flesh, zen bones: a collection of zen and pre zen writings by paul reps, the gateless barrier: the wu men kuan by robert a. Zen buddhism. the gateless barrier (mandarin: 無門關 wúménguān; japanese: 無門関 mumonkan), sometimes translated as the gateless gate, is a collection of 48 chan (zen) koans compiled in the early 13th century by the chinese zen master wumen huikai (無門慧開; japanese: mumon ekai; 1183–1260) during the song dynasty. the title has. The gateless barrier or gateless gate (japanese: mumonkan) is a collection of 48 zen koans used at the rochester zen center. to learn more about the collection, see 's the gateless barrier. the following are commentaries by rochester zen center teachers, including roshi philip kapleau and roshi bodhin kjolhede. The gateless gate koan collection. the gateless barrier, translated as the gateless gate, is a collection of 48 zen koans compiled in the early 13th century by the chinese zen master wumen huikai. the title can also be translated as wumen’s barrier (the author’s name, which literally means “no gate”, is the same as the title’s first.