Gateless Gate
by Koun Yamada · first published 2004
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- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin - Blindsight and Echopraxia by Peter Watts - The Tao Te Ching - The Gateless Gate (Koun Yamada translation/editing) - The Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, The System of the World) by Neal Stephenson - The Invisibles by Grant Morrison - Incerto (Fooled by Randomness, The…
on “Ask HN: What books fundamentally changed the way you think about the world?” ↗…is about personal enlightenment and someone can go many years without really understanding Zen. I would suggest reading 公案 (kouan) as a means to understanding. Two references I would suggest are The Gateless Gate (http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl) and Book of Serenity (http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/eric.boix/Koan/Shoyoroku/index.html).
on “Japanese aesthetic principles to change your thinking” ↗The Divided Self + The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise + The Politics of the Family - all by RD Laing Civilization and its Discontents - Freud Capitalist Realism - Mark Fisher Gateless Gate - Mu-men? Very old Chinese mystical text that somehow resonated w me considerably.. Neuromancer - William Gibson Snowcrash - Neal Stephenson Inherent Vice (currently reading and enjoying a lot! - loved…
on “Ask HN: Which books do you wish you'd read earlier in life?” ↗…the hacker and Zen schools kind (which are kindred spirits). Check out Steven Levy's book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (the early chapters), ESR's compilations such as The Unix Koans, the Gateless Gate, etc.
on “Chili pepper consumption associated with 25% reduction in death from any cause” ↗Pretty sure it's from The Gateless Gate (I recognize it, which means it's probably from there). Zen tales tend to present a couple major challenges to the reader: 1) Going into them cold isn't exactly intended. The characters are usually…
on “Fact vs. Fiction: Truths from Inside the Shaolin Temple” ↗…do with Zen, or Buddhism. The authors seem to think that "Zen" is a synonym for "calm," even though calm abiding is only one small aspect of Zen. If you read any of the classic Zen literature, like the Gateless Gate or the Blue Cliff Record, you'd come away with the impression that Zen is very active, vital, and vigorous. But with a name like Zen, I at least expected the browser to be one of those tabless ones that…
on “Why I'm all-in on Zen Browser” ↗It's the full text of the Mumonkan aka The Gateless Gate, with a major modern upgrade. Each of the 49 cases has a small interactive diorama. The whole book can be read aloud with over an hour of speech, and each scene has its own quiet soundscape made from…
on “Show HN: The Gateless Gate – Ancient Zen text as 50 procedural 3D scenes” ↗