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Aware Silence

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The Mumonkan, also known as "The Gateless Gate", is a classic Zen text consisting of 48 koans with commentaries and verses collected by Wumen Hui-k'ai (Mumon Ekai), a Chinese Zen master who lived in the 13th century Song period.

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.



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Mumonkan
0. A Philosopher Asks Buddha
1. Joshu's Dog
2. Hyakujo's Fox
3. Gutei's Finger
4. A Beardless Foreigner
5. Kyogen Mounts The Tree
6. Buddha Twirls a Flower
7. Joshu Washed the Bowl
8. Keichu's Wheel
9. A Buddha Before History
10. Seizei Alone and Poor
11. Joshu's Hermit
12. Zuigan Calls Himself Master
13. Tokusan Holds His Bowl
14. Nansen Cuts the Cat in Two
15. Tozan's Three Blows

 

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