Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - The gateless barrier: The Wu-men kuan (Mumonkan)

The gateless barrier: The Wu-men kuan (Mumonkan)
The gateless barrier The Wumen kuan - Mumonkan
Author: Robert Aitken
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 p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780865474413
ISBN-10: 0865474419
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: 332
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: North Point Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: