Thinker

Wumen Huikai quotes

2 passages in English · Dating varies by source tradition · Chan.

Overview

Wumen Huikai is represented in Philosophy Blind Box through curated English quotations. In some cases the name denotes a historical thinker; in others it denotes a scripture, school text, or traditional attribution. School label in this archive: Chan.

Main ideas

Recurring concerns in this selection include Philosophy, Freedom, Self. Read each passage with its source note, then follow theme links to see how related thinkers frame the same questions.

Major works

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Legacy

Readers use Wumen Huikai as an entry point into Chan and into cross-cultural comparison within this archive.

Themes in this archive

Philosophy (1) · Self (1)

  1. The Great Way has no gate; there are a thousand paths. Once you pass this checkpoint, you walk alone between heaven and earth.
  2. Spring has a hundred flowers, autumn the moon; summer a cool breeze, winter the snow. If no idle affairs hang in the mind, every season is a fine season in the human world.