The Gateless Gate by Koun Yamada, Ruben L. F. Habito
By Koun Yamada, Ruben L. F. Habito
In The Gateless Gate, one among glossy Zen Buddhism's uniquely influential masters deals vintage commentaries at the Mumonkan, considered one of Zen's maximum collections of training tales. This translation used to be compiled with the Western reader in brain, and contains 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 useful if just for the interpretation and observation by myself, but it truly is loaded with additional fabric and is a stupendous source to maintain shut by:
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When absorption in Mu has become pure and complete, your body and soul will become like one solid iron ball of Mu. ” When this happens, don’t stop! Don’t be concerned! Press on! Then suddenly the ball of Mu will break open and your true self will spring forth instantly, in a flash! ” You will feel as though the whole universe has totally collapsed. Strange as it may seem, this experience has the power to free you from the agonies of the world. It emancipates you from anxiety over all worldly suffering.
Things that come in through the gate and that which is gained by causation are both appearances in the phenomenal world and are constantly changing. There is another world, on the other hand, called the essential world, which is totally empty. When we look at the world from the essential point of view, there is nothing to be seen at all. That empty world is no other than our essential nature. ” Even making such a statement is like raising waves on the tranquil sea or making a wound in fine skin.
Zen practitioners must try to find the answer by themselves and present it to the roshi. In almost all Japanese zendo, the explanation of Mu will stop at this point. However, I’ll tell you this: Mu has no meaning whatsoever. If you want to solve the problem of Mu, you must become one with it! You must forget yourself in working on it. Your consciousness must be completely absorbed in your practice of Mu. ON MUMON’S COMMENTARY Mumon teaches us very forcefully but very kindly how to practice Mu. He himself attained great enlightenment after practicing Mu heart and soul for six years.