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The Gateless Gate

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by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps

Start Reading Tozan's "three pounds of flax"Baso's conundrum Nansen Cuts the Cat in Two Blow out the Candle 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 15. Tozan's Three Blows 16. Bells and Robes 17. The Three Calls of the Emperor's Teacher 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 29. Not the Wind, Not the Flag 30. This Mind Is Buddha 31. Joshu Investigates 32. A Philosopher Asks 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