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無門關

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Basic Meaning: Gateless Barrier

Senses:

  • Wumen guan 1 fasc.; compiled by Wumen Huikai 無門慧開 (1183–1260). T 2005. A collection of forty-eight gongan along with commentaries, one of the prime examples of Song period Chan gongan literature. This text has been used as a source for Chan instruction throughout the history of the meditative traditions 禪宗 in East Asia, and has been transmitted in the meditative traditions to the West, where it has become one of the most popular texts. Cf. 趙州無字, 看話禪. [Chinese Buddhist Canonical Attributions Database]

    [European Language Translations]

    [Charles Muller, Griffith Foulk]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1045

    Bulgyo sajeon 219a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1213a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 789

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 444

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 203a/226

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 474

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 342, 439, 442, 445

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1348b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5098

    Ding Fubao

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑩422b*/⑩423b/⑩423c (譯註本) , ⑬466c*

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4848c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1718-3

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2019-12-08