How Long to Read Passing Through the Gateless Barrier

How Long Does it Take to Read Passing Through the Gateless Barrier?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 20 minutes to read Passing Through the Gateless Barrier by Guo Gu

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Gateways to awakening surround us at every moment of our lives. The whole purpose of kōan (gong’an, in Chinese) practice is to keep us from missing these myriad opportunities by leading us to certain gates that have traditionally been effective for people to access that marvelous awakening. The forty-eight kōans of the Gateless Barrier (Chinese: Wumenguan; Japanese: Mumonkan) have been waking people up for well over eight hundred years. Chan teacher Guo Gu provides here a fresh translation of the classic text, along with the first English commentary by a teacher of the Chinese tradition from which it originated. He shows that the kōans in this text are not mere stories from a distant past, but are rather pointers to the places in our lives where we get stuck—and that each sticking point, when examined, can become a gateless barrier through which we can enter into profound wisdom.

How long is Passing Through the Gateless Barrier?

Passing Through the Gateless Barrier by Guo Gu is 440 pages long, and a total of 110,000 words.

This makes it 148% the length of the average book. It also has 134% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Passing Through the Gateless Barrier Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 1 minute to read Passing Through the Gateless Barrier aloud.

What Reading Level is Passing Through the Gateless Barrier?

Passing Through the Gateless Barrier is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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