By Koun Yamada, Ruben L. F. Habito
In The Gateless Gate, one among sleek Zen Buddhism's uniquely influential masters deals vintage commentaries at the Mumonkan, certainly one of Zen's maximum collections of educating tales. This translation was once compiled with the Western reader in brain, and comprises Koan Yamada's transparent and penetrating reviews on every one case. Yamada performed a seminal position in bringing Zen Buddhism to the West from Japan, happening to be the top of the Sanbo Kyodan Zen Community.
The Gateless Gate will be priceless if just for the interpretation and observation on my own, but it is loaded with additional fabric and is an exquisite source to maintain shut by:
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However, as my teacher Yasutani Roshi once told me regarding Ōbaku’s action, “You shouldn’t think that Ōbaku actually slapped the master’s face. He would merely have made the gesture of doing so as a response in Dharma combat. As a disciple, he would have stopped his hand before it reached Hyakujō’s face in deference to the position of his master. ” Hyakujō clapped his hands with joy. ” This is a strange expression. What does it mean? ” Hyakujō recognized that Ōbaku had presented the genuine activity of his essential nature in a most lively way without even a trace of delusive thought or feeling adhering to it.
At that instant, Gutei experienced deep enlightenment. The point of this koan is just holding up one finger. What does it mean? There is an ancient Zen text called Believing in Mind (Shinjin-Mei), in which the line appears: “One is everything. ” In the absolute world, the world of enlightenment, the logic of “One is everything, everything is one” reigns. When Tenryū sticks up a finger, that one finger is the whole universe. When we stick up one finger, there is nothing but one finger in the whole universe.
These talks will no doubt inspire those who are already engaged in Zen practice to a continued deepening of their experience, and also invite those who are not yet so engaged, to perhaps give it a try. F. Habito (Keiun-ken) Maria Kannon Zen Center, Dallas, Texas Winter 2004 Preface to the Wisdom Edition I am very happy that Wisdom Publications has decided to publish this new edition of The Gateless Gate, a collection of teisho by Kōun Yamada Roshi in English. The first edition of the book was printed in 1979, a quarter of a century ago.