No Barrier: Unlocking the Zen Koan : a New Translation of the Zen Classic Wumenguan (Mumonkan)Described as a genius by the San Francisco Chronicle, Cleary has translated more than 30 classic Chinese texts. Now comes the first authoritative, popular new translation of the ancient book of Zen allegories, or koans--the Wumenguan--using the original Japanese source rather than Chinese secondary sources. |
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absolute reality absolute truth absorption Ananda answer attained awakening awareness Baizhang being-as-is blind to causality Buddha-nature Buddhahood called Caoshan classical clinging COMMENTS Zen master conceptual consciousness Deshan detachment direct experience disciple Dongshan emptiness enlightenment essence of mind exercise Fayan Fengxue Fenyang Guishan heart of nirvana hermit HUANGLONG ineffable infinity insight intellectual Judi Kashyapa knowledge koan at hand koan number liberation Linji school lived Longtan Manjushri Mazu means mental monk asked Nanquan ordinary practice pronounced Qingshui question realization refers represents samsara samsara and nirvana Scripture seeker sense Silent Light Sixth Patriarch Songyuan spiritual story symbolizes Taoist thinking threescore blows Tianlong tion traditional transcendence TRANSLATOR'S COMMENTS Zen ultimate understand verse of Zen warning wild fox woman Wumen concludes Wumen goes WUMEN SAYS Wumen's comments Wumen's prose WUMEN'S VERSE Wumenguan Wuzu Xingyang Xuefeng Yangshan Yantou Zen Buddhist Zen koans Zen lore Zen teaching Zhaozhou