Passing through the gateless barrier
Subtitle: kōan practice for real life
By: Guo Gu
Contributors: Guo gu, 1968- editor, translator, writer of added commentary
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9781611802818
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Koan
Work titles: Wumen guan
Description: "The classic thirteenth-century collection of Zen koans with one of the most accessible commentaries to date, from a Chinese Zen teacher. For more than eight centuries the Gateless Barrier has been studied by Zen (or Chan) practitioners in order to bring about meditative realizations about the nature of ultimate reality. Compiled by Chan Master Wumen Huikai in the thirteenth century, the Gateless Barrier (Chinese: Wumen guan; Japanese: Mumonkan) is a collection of forty-eight koans--stories of the sayings and actions of Chan Masters in which they freely and directly express their enlightened experience. This fresh English translation by Guo Gu--the first from a Chinese Chan teacher--is one of the most accessible to date, and his commentary brings new life to these classic teachings"--
Notes: includes index.

Translated from the Chinese (page 13).