Gateless Barrier Zen Comments on the Mumonkan

For more than seven centuries theMumonkanhas been used in Zen monasteries to train monks and to encourage the religious development of lay Buddhists. It contains forty- eightkoans, or spiritual riddles, that must be explored during the course of Zen training. Shibayama Zenkei(1894-1974), an influential Japanese Zen teacher and calligrapher who traveled and lectured throughout the United States in the 60s and 70s, offers his own commentary alongside the classic text.The Gateless Barrierremains an essential text for all serious students of Buddhism.Shibayama, Zenkai is the author of 'Gateless Barrier Zen Comments on the Mumonkan' with ISBN 9781570627262 and ISBN 1570627266.