The Gateless Gate

by Mumon

The Gateless Gate  (1228) by Mumon, translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps A Collection of Zen Koans

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translation 1934

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

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Original:

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) before 1964, and copyright was not renewed. For Class A renewals records (books only) published between 1923 and 1963, check the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Rutgers copyright renewal records. For other renewal records of publications between 1922 - 1950 see the Pennsylvania copyright records scans. For all records since 1978, search the U.S. Copyright Office records. This work may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions not applying the rule of the shorter term to U.S. works. Works published in 1934 would have had to renew their copyright in either 1961 or 1962, i.e. at least 27 years after it was first published / registered but not later than 31 December(31 December) in the 28th year. As it was not renewed, it entered the public domain on 1 January 1963(1 January 1963).