Gateless Gate
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The Gateless Gate is a classic 13th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist collection of koans and commentaries used as a foundational text for meditation and spiritual training.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gateless Gate canonical | 4 |
| The Gateless Gate | 3 |
| The Gateless Barrier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563069 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gateless Gate Context triple: [Chan Buddhism, textualCollection, Gateless Gate]
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A.
Gate of Divine Prowess
The Gate of Divine Prowess is the northern ceremonial entrance to Beijing’s Forbidden City, historically used as a key access point to the imperial palace complex.
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B.
Moment of Zen
Moment of Zen is the brief, often humorous or absurd closing clip that traditionally ends episodes of The Daily Show.
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C.
Dhvanyāloka
Dhvanyāloka is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on literary theory and poetics, especially known for formulating the influential doctrine of poetic suggestion (dhvani).
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D.
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
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E.
Sphinx Gate
The Sphinx Gate is an ancient monumental entrance at the Hittite capital of Hattusa, notable for its carved sphinx figures that once guarded the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gateless Gate Target entity description: The Gateless Gate is a classic 13th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist collection of koans and commentaries used as a foundational text for meditation and spiritual training.
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A.
Gate of Divine Prowess
The Gate of Divine Prowess is the northern ceremonial entrance to Beijing’s Forbidden City, historically used as a key access point to the imperial palace complex.
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B.
Moment of Zen
Moment of Zen is the brief, often humorous or absurd closing clip that traditionally ends episodes of The Daily Show.
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C.
Dhvanyāloka
Dhvanyāloka is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on literary theory and poetics, especially known for formulating the influential doctrine of poetic suggestion (dhvani).
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D.
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
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E.
Sphinx Gate
The Sphinx Gate is an ancient monumental entrance at the Hittite capital of Hattusa, notable for its carved sphinx figures that once guarded the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century book
ⓘ
Chan Buddhist text ⓘ Zen koan collection ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
break conceptual thinking
ⓘ
provoke awakening ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
kensho
ⓘ
satori ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 13th century ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Chan monasteries in Song China ⓘ |
| compiledBy |
Mumon Ekai
ⓘ
Wumen Huikai ⓘ |
| compilerSchool |
Linji lineage
ⓘ
surface form:
Linji school of Chan
|
| contains |
commentaries
ⓘ
koans ⓘ verses ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation | 1228 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
direct realization of enlightenment
ⓘ
non-dual insight ⓘ |
| genre | koan collection ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy | Wumen Huikai ⓘ |
| hasForm | anthology ⓘ |
| hasInfluentialTranslation | English translations by various Zen teachers ⓘ |
| hasNotableKoan |
Blue Cliff Record
ⓘ
surface form:
Bodhidharma’s Vast Emptiness
Hyakujo’s Fox ⓘ Joshu’s Mu ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Mumonkan
ⓘ
Gateless Gate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Gateless Barrier
Gateless Gate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Gateless Gate
Wumenguan ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Zen literature
ⓘ
modern Zen practice ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Zen koan curriculum ⓘ |
| numberOfKoans | 48 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
Zen training
ⓘ
meditation practice ⓘ spiritual training ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| structure | each case followed by commentary and verse ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Zen monks
ⓘ
lay Zen practitioners ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | a gate without a gate ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form:
Zen Buddhism
|
| usedIn |
Rinzai
ⓘ
surface form:
Rinzai Zen
Sōtō Zen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gateless Gate Description of subject: The Gateless Gate is a classic 13th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist collection of koans and commentaries used as a foundational text for meditation and spiritual training.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Gateless Gate
this entity surface form:
The Gateless Gate
this entity surface form:
The Gateless Barrier
this entity surface form:
The Gateless Gate