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The Great Way has no gate

by Wu Men (Hui-k'ai)
(1183 - 1260) Timeline

English version by
Eiichi Shimomisei

Original Language
Chinese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
13th Century

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.

 

 

 


 
 
 
 
 


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

 

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