Gateless Gate

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13th-century book Chan Buddhist text Zen koan collection religious text

The Gateless Gate is a classic 13th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist collection of koans and commentaries used as a foundational text for meditation and spiritual training.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gateless Gate canonical 4
The Gateless Gate 3
The Gateless Barrier 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 13th-century book ⓘ
Chan Buddhist text ⓘ
Zen koan collection ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
aimsTo break conceptual thinking ⓘ
provoke awakening ⓘ
associatedConcept kensho ⓘ
satori ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin 13th century ⓘ
circulatedIn Chan monasteries in Song China ⓘ
compiledBy Mumon Ekai ⓘ
Wumen Huikai ⓘ
compilerSchool Linji lineage ⓘ
surface form: Linji school of Chan
contains commentaries ⓘ
koans ⓘ
verses ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
dateOfCompilation 1228 ⓘ
focusesOn direct realization of enlightenment ⓘ
non-dual insight ⓘ
genre koan collection ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy Wumen Huikai ⓘ
hasForm anthology ⓘ
hasInfluentialTranslation English translations by various Zen teachers ⓘ
hasNotableKoan Blue Cliff Record ⓘ
surface form: Bodhidharma’s Vast Emptiness

Hyakujo’s Fox ⓘ
Joshu’s Mu ⓘ
hasTitle Mumonkan ⓘ
Gateless Gate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Gateless Barrier

Gateless Gate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Gateless Gate

Wumenguan ⓘ
influenced Japanese Zen literature ⓘ
modern Zen practice ⓘ
isPartOf Zen koan curriculum ⓘ
numberOfKoans 48 ⓘ
originalLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
primaryUse Zen training ⓘ
meditation practice ⓘ
spiritual training ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
structure each case followed by commentary and verse ⓘ
studiedBy Zen monks ⓘ
lay Zen practitioners ⓘ
titleMeaning a gate without a gate ⓘ
tradition Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
usedIn Rinzai ⓘ
surface form: Rinzai Zen

Sōtō Zen ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan Buddhism → textualCollection → Gateless Gate ⓘ
Yunmen Wenyan → associatedWith → Gateless Gate ⓘ
Blue Cliff Record → relatedWork → Gateless Gate ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gateless Gate
Gateless Gate → hasTitle → Gateless Gate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gateless Gate
Gateless Gate → hasTitle → Gateless Gate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gateless Barrier
Book of Serenity → isRelatedWork → Gateless Gate ⓘ
Zhaozhou Congshen → appearsIn → Gateless Gate ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gateless Gate
Zen koans → compiledIn → Gateless Gate ⓘ