IN The Gateless Gate, ONE OF MODERN ZEN’S UNIQUELY INFLUENTIAL MASTERS OFFERS CLASSIC COMMENTARIES ON THE Mumonkan, ONE OF THE ZEN TRADITION’S GREATEST COLLECTIONS OF TEACHING STORIES. [From the back cover]
Author(s): Yamada, Kōun (Trans.)
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Year: 2004
Language: English
Commentary: Uploaded bu Astrophel (who is doing relatively ok now) on the 26th of August 2023.
Pages: 301
City: Boston
Tags: Buddhism; Zen; Koans;
Foreword to the Wisdom Edition by Ruben Habito xi
Preface to the Wisdom Edition by Kubota Ji’un xv
Preface to the Wisdom Edition by Masamichi Yamada xvi
Author’s Preface to the First Edition xvii
Note on Chinese and Japanese Terms xxi
Shian’s Preface 1
Dedication to the Throne 5
Mumon’s Preface 7
Case r Josht’s Dog II
Case 2 Hyakujo and the Fox £7,
Case 3 +Gutei’s One Finger 23
Case 4 The Barbarian Has No Beard oF,
Case 5 _Kyogen’s Man Up a Tree 31
Case 6 Buddha Holds Up a Flower 35
Case 7 Josht’s “Wash Your Bowls” 40
Case 8 Keicht. Makes Carts 44
Case 9 _Daitst Chisho 49
Case to Seizei the Poor 53
Case rr Josht Examines the Hermits 58
Case 12 Zuigan Calls Himself “Master” 62
Case 13 Tokusan Carries His Bowls 66
Case 14 Nansen Kills the Cat 7O
Case 15 Tozan’s Sixty Blows 74
Case 16 The Sound of the Bell and the Seven-Panel Robe 79
Case 17 The National Teacher’s Three Calls 84
Case 18 Tozan’s Masagin 89
Case 19 Ordinary Mind Is the Way 93
Case 20 A Man of Great Strength 98
Case 21 Unmon’s Kanshiketsu 102
Case 22 Kashyapa’s Flagpole 106
Case 23 Think Neither Good Nor Evil 111
Case 24 Leaving Speech and Silence Behind 118
Case 25 The Sermon of the Third Seat 123
Case 26 Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds 129
Case 27 Not Mind, Not Buddha 134
Case 28 Ryutan’s Name Echoed Long 137
Case 29 Not the Wind, Not the Flag 143
Case 30 Mind Is Buddha 148
Case 31 Joshu Sees Through an Old Woman 153
Case 3 2 A Non-Buddhist Questions Buddha 157
Case 33 No Mind, No Buddha 161
Case 34 Knowing Is Not the Way 165
Case 35 Seijo’s Soul Is Separated 169
Case 36 Meeting a Man Who Has Accomplished the Way 174
Case 37 The Oak Tree in the Garden 177
Case 38 A Cow Passes Through a Window 181
Case 39 Unmon and a Mistake in Speech 185
Case 40 Kicking Over the Water Jug 189
Case 41 Bodhidharma Puts the Mind to Rest 194
Case 42 A Woman Comes Out of Samadhi 199
Case 43 Shuzan’s Shippei 204
Case 44 Basho’s Shujo 208
Case 4 j Who Is That One? 212
Case 46 Stepping Forward From the Top of a Pole 216
Case 47 Tosotsu’s Three Barriers 220
Case 48 Kempo’s One Way 225
Mumon’s Postscript 231
Mumon’s Zen Warnings 233
Oryu’s Three Barriers 235
Muryo Soju’s Verses on Oryu’s Three Barriers 237
Mokyo’s Epilogue 243
Amban's Forty-ninth Case 245
Appendix 1 Introduction to the History of Zen Practice,
by Thomas Cleary 247
Appendix 2 Writings and Zen Records Mentioned in the
Introduction to the History of Zen Practice 265
Appendxi 3 Personal Names, Place Names, and Writings
(Japanese-Chinese) 269
Appendix 4 Personal Names, Place Names, and Writings
(Chinese-Japanese) 275
Appendix 5 Lineage Charts 281
Appendix 6 Foreword to the Previous Edition
by Taizan Maezumi 293
Appendix 7 Preface to the Previous Edition
by Hugo Enomiya-Lasalle 299
