Koan collections


The Gateless Gate (Mumonkan), Ekai (Mumon)
The Gateless Gate, translated by Eiichi Shimomisse

The Gateless Gate , translation by Master Katsuki Sekida

The Gateless Gate , Koun Yamada s
The Blue Cliff Record
The Blue Cliff Record
Book of Serenity (Shoyoroku)
Shoyo Roku (The Book of Serenity)

Shaseki-shu : (Collection of Stone and Sand)
Wriitten late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju, and from anecdotes of Zen monks taken from various books published in Japan around the turn of the 20th century

Koans – 21 koans compiled by Ven. Gyomay Kubose
Joan Sutherlan's list of published koan collections

An Introduction to Zen with Stories and Parables and Koan Riddles told by Zen Masters

 

About koans


The Wu-men kuan (Mumonkan): The Formation, Propagation, and Characteristics of a Classic Zen Koan Text, Ishii Shudo & Albert Welter

Norman Fischer's talks on koans

Dogen and Koans, John Daido Loori

Sitting with Koans, John Daido Loori (ed.) s
The Nature of Rinzai (Linji) Koan Practice, Victor Sogen Hori
Zen Sand: Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice, Victor Sogen Hori s

The Book of Equanimity, commentary by Gerry Shishin Wick s