Lineage of Wumen Huikai
Dharma transmission
Lineage of Wumen Huikai
1 teachers and ancestors, 3 students and descendants traced through transmission.
Wumen Huikai received transmission from Yuelin Shiguan in the Linji line.
This line belongs to Linji. Every name below links to that master’s own record, with the sources for each transmission.
Line of succession to Wumen Huikai
The single line of formal transmission, root first. Where a master had several teachers this follows the one carrying the succession; the fuller set of ancestors is listed below.
- Yuelin Shiguan
- Wumen Huikai
Teachings attributed to Wumen Huikai
- A Painted Cake Will Not Satisfy Hunger
- Bare Sword
- Concentrate on Mu
- Every Season Is a Good Season
- No Snowflake Falls in the Wrong Place
- No Wonder Is Needed
- Preface to the Gateless Barrier
- The Gateless Barrier
- The Gateless Barrier (Preface)
- Verse on Juzhi's Finger
- Verse on Zhaozhou's Mu
- Wúménguān (The Gateless Barrier / Mumonkan)