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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
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
全 see styles |
quán quan2 ch`üan chüan zen ぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Jeon(prefix) (1) all; whole; entire; complete; total; pan-; (2) (before a number of volumes) complete (set); in total; (male given name) Matoshi All, whole, complete. |
善 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan zen ぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Goodness / Good Deed(ant: 悪・あく・1) good; goodness; right; virtue; (personal name) Yoshikatsu su; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful. |
禅 see styles |
yuzuru ゆずる |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
公案 see styles |
gōng àn gong1 an4 kung an kouan / koan こうあん |
More info & calligraphy: Koan{Buddh} koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping) J. kōan; 因緣 A dossier, or case-record; a cause; public laws, regulations; case-law. Problems set by Zen masters, upon which thought is concentrated as a means to attain inner unity and illumination. |
参禅 see styles |
sanzen さんぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Zen Understanding |
參禪 参禅 see styles |
cān chán can1 chan2 ts`an ch`an tsan chan noshi wo ri |
More info & calligraphy: Zen UnderstandingTo inquire, discuss, seek religious instruction. |
坐禅 see styles |
zazen ざぜん |
(Buddhist term) zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position) |
心印 see styles |
xīn yìn xin1 yin4 hsin yin shinnin |
More info & calligraphy: Appreciation of Truth by Meditation |
禅宗 see styles |
zenshuu / zenshu ぜんしゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Zen Buddhism |
禅道 see styles |
zendou / zendo ぜんどう |
More info & calligraphy: Zendo / The Zen Way |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung chan tsung Zenshū |
More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門. |
禪心 禅心 see styles |
chán xīn chan2 xin1 ch`an hsin chan hsin zenshin |
More info & calligraphy: Zen Heart / Zen Mind |
見性 见性 see styles |
jiàn xìng jian4 xing4 chien hsing kenshou / kensho けんしょう |
More info & calligraphy: Kensho - Initial EnlightenmentTo behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School. |
ゼイン see styles |
zein / zen ゼイン |
More info & calligraphy: Zhane |
菩提達磨 菩提达磨 see styles |
pú tí dá mó pu2 ti2 da2 mo2 p`u t`i ta mo pu ti ta mo bodaidaruma ぼだいだるま |
More info & calligraphy: BodhidharmaBodhidharma, commonly known as Damo, v. 達; reputed as the founder of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional or Mystic School. His original name is given as 菩提多羅 Bodhitara. |
冉 see styles |
rǎn ran3 jan zen ぜん |
edge of a tortoiseshell; used in 冉冉[ran3 ran3] (surname) Zen |
喝 see styles |
hè he4 ho katsu かつ |
to shout (interjection) (1) exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); (2) scolding or threatening with a shout To shout, bawl, call, scold; to drink. |
崢 峥 see styles |
zhēng zheng1 cheng zen ぜん |
used in 崢嶸|峥嵘[zheng1rong2] (personal name) Zen |
漸 渐 see styles |
jiàn jian4 chien zen ぜん |
gradual; gradually gradual progress; (given name) Zen Gradual, by degrees, to flow little by little. |
然 see styles |
rán ran2 jan zen ぜん |
correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly (suffix) (often as 〜然とする) -like; (female given name) Ran To burn, simmer; so, yes; but, however. |
篅 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan zen |
A round grain bin. |
粥 see styles |
zhōu zhou1 chou kayu(p); shuku; kai(ok) かゆ(P); しゅく; かい(ok) |
congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3] (1) thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee; (2) (しゅく only) breakfast (in Zen temples); (personal name) Iku Congee, gruel. |
膳 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan zen ぜん |
meals (1) small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); (2) (See 御膳・1) meal; food; serving; (counter) (3) counter for bowlfuls of rice; (counter) (4) counter for pairs of chopsticks; (place-name, surname) Zen cooked food |
蠕 see styles |
rú ru2 ju zen |
to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle; Taiwan pr. [ruan3] Wrigglers, crawlers, e.g. worms. |
饍 膳 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan zen |
variant of 膳[shan4] cooked food |
一喝 see styles |
yī hē yi1 he1 i ho ikkatsu いっかつ |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (See 喝・かつ・1) rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment A call, shout, deafening shout. |
一拶 see styles |
yī zā yi1 za1 i tsa issatsu |
A sudden remark, or question, by a monk or master to test a disciple, a Chan (Zen) method. |
三佛 see styles |
sān fó san1 fo2 san fo sanbutsu さんぶつ |
(surname) Sanbutsu Trikāya, v. 三身. Also the三岐 or founders of the 楊岐 branch of the Chan (Zen) School, i.e. Huiqin 慧勤, Qingyuan 淸遠, and Keqin 克勤. |
九宗 see styles |
jiǔ zōng jiu3 zong1 chiu tsung ku shū |
The eight sects 八宗 (q.v.) plus the 禪宗 Chan or Zen, or the Pure-land or Jōdo sect. |
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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 |
| 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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