The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-Men Kuan (Mumonkan) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780865474420)

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 by a brief comment and poem by Wu-men.

Robert Aitken, one of the premier American Zen masters, has translated Wu-men's text, supplementing the original with his own commentary -- the first such commentary by a Western master -- making the profound truths of Zen Buddhism accessible to serious contemporary students and relevant to current social concerns.

Author: Robert Aitken
ISBN-10: 0865474427
ISBN-13: 9780865474420
Publisher: North Point Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1991
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.18w x 0.81d