The Gateless Gate (18): No water, no moon

When the nun Chiyono studied Zen under Bukko of Engaku she was unable to attain the…

The Gateless Gate (22): Tipping Over a Water Vase

The Gateless Gate (17): Zuigan calls his own master

The Gateless Gate (16): A Buffalo passes through the enclosure

The Gateless Gate (23): A Mother’s Advice

Jiun, a Shingon master, was a well-known Sanskrit scholar of the Tokugawa era. When he…

The Gateless Gate (15): Great Waves

In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves.

The Gateless Gate (21): Open Your Own Treasure House

The Gateless Gate(24): Learning Is Not the Path

The Gateless Gate (19): The Enlightened Man

Shogen asked: “Why does the enlightened man not stand on his feet and explain…

The Gateless Gate (20): One Road of Kembo

A Zen pupil asked Kembo: “All Buddhas of the ten parts of the universe enter the one…