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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
13th Century

About Wu Men (Hui-k'ai)

Timeline (1183 - 1260)

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English version by
Eiichi Shimomisei

Original Language
Chinese
The Great Way has no gate,

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
The Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan, Translated by Zenkei Shibayama
The Gateless Gate: The Wu-men Kuan, Translated by Robert Aitken
The World: A Gateway: Commentaries on the Mumonkan, Translated by Albert Low

The Great Way has no gate,
A thousand roads enter it.
When one passes through this gateless gate,
He freely walks between heaven and earth.

 

 

 

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