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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162846303321

Autore

Gu Guo

Titolo

Passing Through the Gateless Barrier : Koan Practice for Real Life

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Shambhala, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9780834840171

0834840170

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 pages)

Classificazione

REL092000REL007030REL007000

Disciplina

294.3/443

294.3443

Soggetti

Koan

Zen Buddhism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Publisher’s Note -- Introduction -- Case 1. Zhaozhou’s Dog -- Case 2. Baizhang and the Wild Fox -- Case 3. Juzhi Holds Up a Finger -- Case 4. The Barbarian Has No Beard -- Case 5. Xiangyan Is Up in a Tree -- Case 6. The World-Honored One Holds Up a Flower -- Case 7. Zhaozhou’s “Wash the Bowl!” -- Case 8. Xizhong Makes a Carriage -- Case 9. Great Penetrating and Supreme Wisdom -- Case 10. The Destitute Qingshui -- Case 11. Zhaozhou Discerns the Hermits -- Case 12. Ruiyan Calls His Master -- Case 13. Deshan Carries His Bowl -- Case 14. Nanquan Kills a Cat -- Case 15. Dongshan’s Three Rounds of Blows -- Case 16. The Sound of the Bell, the Seven-Piece Robe -- Case 17. The National Teacher’s Three Calls -- Case 18. Dongshan’s Three Pounds of Flax -- Case 19. Ordinary Mind Is the Path -- Case 20. A Person of Great Power -- Case 21. Yunmen’s Dried Shitstick -- Case 22. Mahākāśyapa’s Temple Flagpole -- Case 23. Not Thinking of Good or Bad

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--