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The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-Men Kuan (Mumonkan)
Book Details
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Self Help
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780865474420
- ISBN-10
- 0865474427
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ISBN: 0865474427
Author: Aitken, Robert
Condition: Used
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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