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In The Gateless Gate , one of modern Zen Buddhism's uniquely influential masters offers classic commentaries on the Mumonkan , one of Zen's greatest collections of teaching stories. This translation was compiled with the Western reader in mind, and includes Koan Yamada's clear... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Koans are a Zen Buddhist spiritual technique which use word-play to achieve enlightenment. They frequently involve absurd or contradictory statements, which are intended to create extreme cognitive dissonance in the mind of the pupil. As such, their actual content or structure... Read Full Overview

Colet nea de Koans Zen, ou seja, est rias / contos cl ssicos do Zen Budismo.Sobre o tradutor: Gentil Saraiva Jr. professor de ingl s e portugu s, tradutor, poeta, escritor, editor e revisor. Tem gradua o (Licenciatura em Letras), mestrado e doutorado (tradu o po tica) pelo... Read Full Overview

First published by the Zen Center of Los Angeles, this edition of the classic collection of Zen koans has been revised with the assistance of Yamada Roshi's students to provide not simply a treatise by someone who understands Zen intellectually but a vehicle for making Zen accessible... Read Full Overview

The Gateless Gate is a collection of 48 Chan (Zen) koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai. Wumen's preface indicates that the volume was published in 1228. Each koan is accompanied by a commentary and verse by Wumen. The common theme of... Read Full Overview

A collection of 49 koan puzzles that are used in the practice of Zen meditation. With commentary by the 13th century Japanese Zen master Mumon. The basic method of teaching the "empty mind" of Zen Buddhism.

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