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The Gateless Gate

50 chapters, 55 passages

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Contents

• 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

Front matter

• Title Page

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