The Gateless Barrier By LUCAS MALET NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY 1900 Copyright, 1900, by Dodd, Mead and Company Dodd, Mead and Company UNIVERSITY PRESS JOHN WILSON AND SON CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. CONTENTS Preface I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV By the same author Preface "What is the book?" "According to the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters of the title, we call it Mu-Mon-Kwan, which means 'The Gateless Barrier.' It is one of the books especially studied by the Zen sect, or the sect of Dhyâna. A peculiarity of some of the Dhyâna texts—this (story) being a good example—is that they are not explanatory. They only suggest. Questions are put, but the student must think out the answers for himself. He must think them out but not write them. You know that Dhyâna represents human effort to reach, through meditation, zones of thought beyond the range of verbal expression; and any thought narrowed into utterance loses all Dhyâna quality.... Well, this story is supposed to be true; but it is used only for a Dhyâna question...." LAFCADIO HEARN. CONTENTS "Exotics and Retrospectives," pages 83, 84. The Gateless Barrier
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