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The Great Path has No Gate
大道無門 is a Buddhist proverb that means “The Great Way has no entrance,” “The Great Way is gateless,” or “The Great Path lacks a gate.”
This can be translated in many other ways.
This concept was authored within a long sacred text by 無門慧開 (known as Wúmén Huìkāi in Chinese or Mumon Ekai in Japanese). He was a Chinese Chan Master (in Japanese, a Zen Master) who lived between 1183 and 1260 AD. His most famous work was a 48-koan collection titled “The Gateless Barrier” or “The Gateless Gate” (無門關 Wú Mén Guān in Chinese, or 無門関 Mu Mon Kan in Japanese). This calligraphy title is a notable line from this collection.
I like this reference to the source of this proverb: The Gateless Gate 無門關
Mumonkan / The Gateless Gate
無門関 is the specifically Japanese title for “The Gateless Barrier.”
This has both direct meaning and is the title of a 13th-century collection of koans, compiled by Zen Master Mumon (actually a Chinese Chan Master known as Wumen in China).
The original title is 無門關, but the last Kanji was simplified to 関 in modern Japan.
The Gateless Gate
無門關 is the ancient title for “The Gateless Barrier.”
This has both direct meaning and is the title of a 13th-century collection of koans, compiled by a Chinese Chan Master known as Wumen in China (known in Japan as Zen Master Mumon).
While this is the original title, you may see this written as 無門関 in Japan, where the last character, 關, was simplified to 関 after 1945.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
無門関 see styles |
mumonkan むもんかん |
More info & calligraphy: Mumonkan / The Gateless Gate |
無門關 无门关 see styles |
wú mén guān wu2 men2 guan1 wu men kuan Mumon kan |
More info & calligraphy: The Gateless Gate |
無門 无门 see styles |
wú mén wu2 men2 wu men mumon むもん |
(surname) Mumon gateless |
無門宗 无门宗 see styles |
wú mén zōng wu2 men2 zong1 wu men tsung mumon shū |
The unsectarian, Chan or meditative sect, so called because it claimed to derive its authority directly from the mind of Buddha. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| The Great Path has No Gate | 大道無門 大道无门 | dai dou mu mon daidoumumon dai do mu mon | dà dào wú mén da4 dao4 wu2 men2 da dao wu men dadaowumen | ta tao wu men tataowumen |
| Mumonkan The Gateless Gate | 無門関 | mu mon kan / mumonkan | ||
| The Gateless Gate | 無門關 无门关 | mu mon kan / mumonkan | wú mén guān wu2 men2 guan1 wu men guan wumenguan | wu men kuan wumenkuan |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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