{"product_id":"9781611802818","title":"Passing Through the Gateless Barrier: Koan Practice for Real Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic thirteenth-century collection of Zen koans with one of the most accessible commentaries to date, from a Chinese Zen teacher.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGateways to awakening surround us at every moment of our lives. The whole purpose of \u003ci\u003ekōan\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003egong’an\u003c\/i\u003e, in Chinese) practice is to keep us from missing these myriad opportunities by leading us to certain gates that have traditionally been effective for people to access that marvelous awakening. The forty-eight kōans of the \u003ci\u003eGateless Barrier\u003c\/i\u003e (Chinese: \u003ci\u003eWumenguan\u003c\/i\u003e; Japanese: \u003ci\u003eMumonkan\u003c\/i\u003e) have been waking people up for well over eight hundred years. Chan teacher Guo Gu provides here a fresh translation of the classic text, along with the first English commentary by a teacher of the Chinese tradition from which it originated. He shows that the kōans in this text are not mere stories from a distant past, but are rather pointers to the places in our lives where we get stuck—and that each sticking point, when examined, can become a gateless barrier through which we can enter into profound wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031550345456,"sku":"9781611802818","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781611802818_p0.jpg?v=1763842693","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611802818","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}