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Here\u2019s something especially for you students of the barrier of Zen, the mu koan, especially when you are pushed into a corner with mu in front and back, left and right<\/span><\/span>:<\/p>\n

I used to think that Mumonkan, translated as Gateless Gate, meant an inpenetrable barrier. And you know we have Yasutani Roshi\u2019s caligraphy for \u201cBarrier\u201d in our dokusan room. Gateless barrier does not mean inpenetrable barrier but a barrier that is completely open. Just the hint of a check point there. You may pass through freely. The first principle is vast emptiness with nothing holy there at all. And if you try to pin any of that down, Bodhidharma\u2019s words, \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d must echo in your mind.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u2013 Robert Aitken Roshi (from Mumonkan Case 41: Bodhidharma Pacifies the Mind, hear the podcast by clicking here<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Here\u2019s something especially for you students of the barrier of Zen, the mu koan, especially when you are pushed into a corner with mu in front and back, left and right: I used to think that Mumonkan, translated as Gateless Gate, meant an inpenetrable barrier. And you know we have Yasutani Roshi\u2019s caligraphy for \u201cBarrier\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nGateless Gate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here's something especially for you students of the barrier of Zen, the mu koan, especially when you are pushed into a corner with mu in front and back,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/gateless-gate.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gateless Gate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here's something especially for you students of the barrier of Zen, the mu koan, especially when you are pushed into a corner with mu in front and back,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/gateless-gate.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wild Fox Zen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dosho.port\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-11T07:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-UG5ppd1_s9c\/TXokooiXd9I\/AAAAAAAABFY\/ut0quI-O0FU\/s400\/gate.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dosho Port\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dosho Port\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/gateless-gate.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/gateless-gate.html\",\"name\":\"Gateless Gate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-11T07:44:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-11T07:44:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/#\/schema\/person\/45224391b7690e99673782337bd0eabd\"},\"description\":\"Here's something especially for you students of the barrier of Zen, the mu koan, especially when you are pushed into a corner with mu in front and back,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/gateless-gate.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/gateless-gate.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/gateless-gate.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gateless Gate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/\",\"name\":\"Wild Fox Zen\",\"description\":\"Living the Dream\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/#\/schema\/person\/45224391b7690e99673782337bd0eabd\",\"name\":\"Dosho Port\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b9712e98924dea6c08d55890403352f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b9712e98924dea6c08d55890403352f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dosho Port\"},\"description\":\"Dosho Port began practicing Zen in 1977 and now co-teachers with his wife, Tetsugan Zummach, with the Vine of Obstacles Zen. 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