{"product_id":"9781466895461","title":"The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-Men Kuan (Mumonkan)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gateless Barrier\u003c\/i\u003e is generally acknowledged to be the fundamental koan collection in the literature of Zen.  Gathered together by Wu-men (Mumon), a thirteenth-century master of the Lin-chi (Rinzai) school, it is composed of forty-eight koans, or cases, each accompanied by a brief comment and poem by Wu-men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Aitken, one of the premier American Zen masters, has translated Wu-men's text, supplementing the original with his own commentary -- the first such commentary by a Western master -- making the profound truths of Zen Buddhism accessible to serious contemporary students and relevant to current social concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158673113328,"sku":"9781466895461","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466895461_p0.jpg?v=1763688741","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466895461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}