User:WikiDao/The Gateless Gate

Purpose and Justification
The subpages of this page are to be used for the purpose of displaying pseudorandomly-selected koans on my user page.

These koans are from the English translation by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps of the 1228 CE work The Gateless Gate by Mumon.

They can be found in the well-worth-purchasing book Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, and also at this site.

I believe all the content on the subpages of this page to be usable for the purpose described above per:

Index of Subpages
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 Washes the Bowl

8. Keichu's Wheel

9. A Buddha before History

10. Seizei Alone and Poor

11. Joshu Examines a Monk in Meditation

12. Zuigan Calls His Own Master

13. Tokusan Holds His Bowl

14. Nansen Cuts the Cat in Two

15. Tozan's Three Blows

16. Bells And Robes

17. The Three Calls Of The Emperor's Teacher

18. Tozan's Three Pounds

19. Everyday Life Is The Path

20. The Enlightened Man

21. Dried Dung

22. Kashapa's Preaching Sign

23. Do Not Think Good, Do Not Think Not-Good

24. Without Words, Without Silence

25. Preaching From The Third Seat

26. Two Monks Roll Up The Screen

27. It Is Not Mind, It Is Not Buddha, It Is Not Things

28. Blow Out The Candle

29. Not The Wind, Not The Flag

30. This Mind Is Buddha

31. Joshu Investigates

32. A Philosopher Asks Buddha

33. This Mind Is Not Buddha

34. Learning Is Not The Path

35. Two Souls

36. Meeting A Zen Master On The Road

37. A Buffalo Passes Through The Enclosure

38. An Oak Tree In The Garden

39. Ummon's Sidetrack

40. Tipping Over A Water Vase

41. Bodhidharma Pacifies The Mind

42. The Girl Comes Out From Meditation

43. Shuzan's Short Staff

44. Basho's Staff

45. Who Is He?

46. Proceed From The Top Of The Pole

47. Three Gates Of Tosotsu

48. One Road Of Kembo

49. Amban's Addition