
The Gateless Barrier
The Wu-men Kuan (Mumonkan)
Robert Aitken(Author)
North Point Press
Published on 1. January 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-0-86547-442-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Gateless Barrier is generally acknowledged to be the fundamental koan collection in the literature of Zen. Gathered together by Wu-men (Mumon), a thirteenth-century master of the Lin-chi (Rinzai) school, it is composed of forty-eight koans, or cases, each accompanied by a brief comment and poem by Wu-men.
Robert Aitken, one of the premier American Zen masters, has translated Wu-men's text, supplementing the original with his own commentary -- the first such commentary by a Western master -- making the profound truths of Zen Buddhism accessible to serious contemporary students and relevant to current social concerns.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley, California
United States
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
565 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86547-442-0 (9780865474420)
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The Wu-Men Kuan (Mumonkan)
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Robert Aitken, Roshi of the Diamond Sangha in Honolulu, is the author of Taking the Path of Zen and The Mind of Clover.