Chao-chou's Dog - Commentary by Barry Magid.
Chao-chou's Dog - A monk asked Chao-chou, "Has the dog Buddha nature or not?" Chao-chou said, "Mu."
Deshan Holds his Bowl - Commentary on Mumonkan (Gateless Gate) case 13 by Zoketsu Norman Fischer.
Dogen Zenji's Genjo-koan Lecture - A commentary on the Genjo koan by Shohaku Okumura.
Dogen's Commentary on Joshu's Dog - From the Shobogenzo.
Duk Sahn Carrying His Bowls - Commentary by Zen Master Seung Sahn on this koan from the Mu Mun Kwan, case number thirteen.
Face to Face: the Meaning Comes Alive - A talk on Mumonkan case 6 and Dharma Transmission, by Jiko Linda Cutts.
Gateless Gate, aka Mumonkon - The classic collection of koans usually used in introductory koan training.
Genjo Koan: Actualizing the Fundamental Point - by Eihei Dogen
GenjoKoan, by Dogen - "When all things are the Buddhadharma, delusion and enlightenment exist, training exists, life and death exist, Buddhas exist, all-beings exist. When all things belong to the not-self, there are delusion, no enlightenment, no all beings, no birth and decay. Because the Buddha's way transcends the relative and absolute, birth and decay exist, delusion and enlightenment exist, all-beings and Buddhas exist. And despite this, flowers fall while we treasure their bloom; weeds flourish while we wish them dead."
Joshu's Dog - The matter of Joshu's dog, from several philosophical perspectives.
Joshu's Mu - Excerpt from 'Golden Wind, Zen Talks' by Eido Shimano Roshi.
Joshu's Mu - Dharma talk by Genjo Osho. PDF file.
Koan Commentaries by Barry Magid - Barry Magid teaches at the Ordinary Mind Zendo as an affiliate of the San Diego Zen Center.
Koan Practice - An explanation of Koan practice by Genjo Marinello.
Ma-Tsu 'This Very Mind is Buddha' - Commentary on Wu-men Kuan Case 30 by Ross Bolleter Roshi.
Momonkan Case 14: Nanchuan Cuts the Cat in Two - Commentary by Zoketsu Norman Fischer.
Much Ado about Mu - Commentary by Mui Sensei of the Dragon Cliff Zen Center.
Mumonkan - The Gateless Gate.
Mumonkan Case I: Joshu's Dog - from R.H. Blyth, "Zen and Zen Classics", Vol. 4, Mumonkan (1966).
Nothing from Nothing - Mumon's own response to the first case of the Mumonkan.
Random Koans - Read a koan picked at random from the text.
Realm of Mu - A dharma talk by Eido Shimano Roshi on Yamamoto Gempo Roshi's experience studying Mu.
Reduced to Absurdity: Mu - A dharma talk by Jiro Osho Fernando Afable on the Koan Mu. From "The Newsletter of The Zen Studies Society."
Stop the Distant Rowboat Using Just Your Mind - An explanation of a Zen koan, from a metaphor used by Dogen.
Taking the Bull by The Horns - A personal story about answering the koan of Joshu's Dog, by Judyth O. Weaver, Ph.D.
The Gateless Gate - The complete 31 koans of the Mumonkan.
The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths - Commentary on Blue Cliff Record Case 1 by Zoketsu Norman Fischer.
The Koan Mu - A teisho by John Tarrant, Roshi.
The Sound of One Hand Clapping - A brief explanation of this famous koan, by Hakuin.
The World Honored One Twirls a Flower - Commentary on Mumonkan Case 6.
The Zen Concept of Emptiness, or Mu. - A lengthy definition of mu. FTP download text file.
The Zen Page - Essays, koans, and poems inspired by or about Zen Buddhism.
Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds: Zen and Rituals - Commentary on the 26th case of the Wu-men kuan by James Ishmael Ford, Sensei.
What is a Koan? - A talk by Zenson Gifford, Sensei.
Wu-Men Kuan Koans - Comprehensive and factual information about the Wu-Men Kuan (J. Mumonkan, E. Gateless Gate) koan collection as used in the Zen training.
Zen Koans: Transcending Duality - A list of well-known koans.