On this day as you celebrate your life, I wish for your mind to be free of clouds so that every moment may truly be the best season of your existence.
Happy Birthday! ❤️✨
And I think, Rina, I have no better gift than to recreate an image to illustrate the concept of the "Gateless Gate."
Happy Birthday! ❤️✨
And I think, Rina, I have no better gift than to recreate an image to illustrate the concept of the "Gateless Gate."
December 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
On this day as you celebrate your life, I wish for your mind to be free of clouds so that every moment may truly be the best season of your existence.
Happy Birthday! ❤️✨
And I think, Rina, I have no better gift than to recreate an image to illustrate the concept of the "Gateless Gate."
Happy Birthday! ❤️✨
And I think, Rina, I have no better gift than to recreate an image to illustrate the concept of the "Gateless Gate."
Frank Miller and Lynn Varley covered Lone Wolf and Cub, volume 2 - The Gateless Barrier.
September 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Frank Miller and Lynn Varley covered Lone Wolf and Cub, volume 2 - The Gateless Barrier.
A calming scene for times that are anything but.
April 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A calming scene for times that are anything but.
April 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The Gateless Gate
Any history of the Quakers
Zhuangzi
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mumming, Howling, and Hoodening
Camp Damascus
You Are a Shark
The Earthsea Trilogy
the collected works of E.E. Cummings
The Vorkosigan Saga
Procedural Generation in Game Design (I was assigned this one)
Any history of the Quakers
Zhuangzi
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mumming, Howling, and Hoodening
Camp Damascus
You Are a Shark
The Earthsea Trilogy
the collected works of E.E. Cummings
The Vorkosigan Saga
Procedural Generation in Game Design (I was assigned this one)
i need every single person who worked on caves of qud to make a list of at least 15 books that inspired them Appendix N style while they were working on the game, because i am lazy and want a giant list of books i can read for the rest of my life
April 14, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The Gateless Gate
Any history of the Quakers
Zhuangzi
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mumming, Howling, and Hoodening
Camp Damascus
You Are a Shark
The Earthsea Trilogy
the collected works of E.E. Cummings
The Vorkosigan Saga
Procedural Generation in Game Design (I was assigned this one)
Any history of the Quakers
Zhuangzi
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mumming, Howling, and Hoodening
Camp Damascus
You Are a Shark
The Earthsea Trilogy
the collected works of E.E. Cummings
The Vorkosigan Saga
Procedural Generation in Game Design (I was assigned this one)
I shall henceforth refer to an exogenous variable as gateless vertex 🌸
The methods sections of our papers should be rendered in verse, with concepts referenced only by allegory so as not to anger the number gods.
May 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I shall henceforth refer to an exogenous variable as gateless vertex 🌸
taking selfies with your girl outside the gateless gate
August 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
taking selfies with your girl outside the gateless gate
Sharing some codes for Gateless Gate albums, two of my best, "Oceans Are Moving" and "At Night." Primo Krautambient inspired by T-Dream, Popol Vuh, Michael Stearns, Can, etc.
Redeem: thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/yum
Redeem: thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/yum
Allister Thompson - The Gateless Gate
thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sharing some codes for Gateless Gate albums, two of my best, "Oceans Are Moving" and "At Night." Primo Krautambient inspired by T-Dream, Popol Vuh, Michael Stearns, Can, etc.
Redeem: thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/yum
Redeem: thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/yum
The gateless barrier of the assassin's road...
Panel comes from Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1 by Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima, available wherever you buy manga.
#DHManga
Panel comes from Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1 by Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima, available wherever you buy manga.
#DHManga
March 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The gateless barrier of the assassin's road...
Panel comes from Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1 by Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima, available wherever you buy manga.
#DHManga
Panel comes from Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1 by Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima, available wherever you buy manga.
#DHManga
“People go looking for fire using a lighted lamp; if they only realized the lamp itself was fire, they’d be able to cook their rice much sooner.”
- “The Gateless Gate” by Wumen Hukai (1183-1260 C.E.)
- “The Gateless Gate” by Wumen Hukai (1183-1260 C.E.)
June 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“People go looking for fire using a lighted lamp; if they only realized the lamp itself was fire, they’d be able to cook their rice much sooner.”
- “The Gateless Gate” by Wumen Hukai (1183-1260 C.E.)
- “The Gateless Gate” by Wumen Hukai (1183-1260 C.E.)
The Gateless Gate: Zen Stories & Buddhist Teachings for Sleep youtu.be/qo22iYdTzww?...
The Gateless Gate: Zen Stories & Buddhist Teachings for Sleep
YouTube video by Sleepy Monk
youtu.be
October 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The Gateless Gate: Zen Stories & Buddhist Teachings for Sleep youtu.be/qo22iYdTzww?...
A simple "gateless gate" at Deer Park Monastery, Escondido, CA, established by Thich Nhat Hanh (visited in June, 2003)
#deerparkmonastery
#thichnhathanh
#deerparkmonastery
#thichnhathanh
January 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A simple "gateless gate" at Deer Park Monastery, Escondido, CA, established by Thich Nhat Hanh (visited in June, 2003)
#deerparkmonastery
#thichnhathanh
#deerparkmonastery
#thichnhathanh
gateless gate mentioned by Claude Opus 4
May 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
gateless gate mentioned by Claude Opus 4
The Gateless Gate ☁️🖌️
May 20, 2024 at 7:15 PM
The Gateless Gate ☁️🖌️
Announcing our first release, coming October
TRAIPSE - GHOSTS
Check out the first single 'GATELESS GATE'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTV1...
TRAIPSE - GHOSTS
Check out the first single 'GATELESS GATE'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTV1...
TRAIPSE - GATELESS GATE
YouTube video by OSIRIS RISING
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Announcing our first release, coming October
TRAIPSE - GHOSTS
Check out the first single 'GATELESS GATE'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTV1...
TRAIPSE - GHOSTS
Check out the first single 'GATELESS GATE'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTV1...
1/21 #scryfallrandom sure looks like someone gave Cloud a sword and shield
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
1/21 #scryfallrandom sure looks like someone gave Cloud a sword and shield
'pearly gates' as a metonym has always been interesting to me because why wouldn't heaven just be gateless
May 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
'pearly gates' as a metonym has always been interesting to me because why wouldn't heaven just be gateless
Yunmen Wenyan said,
"The world is vast and wide. Why do you put on your robe at the sound of the bell?"
- Gateless Gate, case 16
"The world is vast and wide. Why do you put on your robe at the sound of the bell?"
- Gateless Gate, case 16
March 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Yunmen Wenyan said,
"The world is vast and wide. Why do you put on your robe at the sound of the bell?"
- Gateless Gate, case 16
"The world is vast and wide. Why do you put on your robe at the sound of the bell?"
- Gateless Gate, case 16
"HIGH IN THE HALLS OF GATELESS ZANTENELLE WEEP THE GREAT GODS"
Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP?
Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP?
July 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
"HIGH IN THE HALLS OF GATELESS ZANTENELLE WEEP THE GREAT GODS"
Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP?
Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP?
(Wu Men Hui-k'ai was the 13th c. Chinese Zen teacher who put together a famous collection of koans in a book called *Wu-men kuan* [Japanese, *Mumonkan*], which translates into English as "The Gateless Barrier.")
May 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
(Wu Men Hui-k'ai was the 13th c. Chinese Zen teacher who put together a famous collection of koans in a book called *Wu-men kuan* [Japanese, *Mumonkan*], which translates into English as "The Gateless Barrier.")
"The Gateless Barrier is innovative and influential, and Readings of the Gateless Barrier explores this innovation and influence, showing the different ways that the work has been read, understood, and experienced over time."—Constance Kassor, Lion's Roar https://buff.ly/3QeiJaO #BookExcerpt
Readings of the Gateless Barrier
Read a review of Readings of The Gateless Barrier, the new book by of Jimmy Yu (Guo Gu), plus "What Is a Gong-an?", excerpted and shared courtesy of its publisher, Columbia University Press.
buff.ly
February 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"The Gateless Barrier is innovative and influential, and Readings of the Gateless Barrier explores this innovation and influence, showing the different ways that the work has been read, understood, and experienced over time."—Constance Kassor, Lion's Roar https://buff.ly/3QeiJaO #BookExcerpt
Metal as hell to
Stay home Friday night, reading
“The Gateless Gate,” dude
Stay home Friday night, reading
“The Gateless Gate,” dude
August 23, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Metal as hell to
Stay home Friday night, reading
“The Gateless Gate,” dude
Stay home Friday night, reading
“The Gateless Gate,” dude
First book released in 2026 by Mislaid Books will be an omnibus edition of THE CARISSIMA and THE GATELESS BARRIER by Lucas Malet (Mary St Leger Kingsley, 1852 — 1931).
THE CARISSIMA is a Gothic Horror, THE GATELESS BARRIER is a supernatural romance.
Intro and bio by me.
THE CARISSIMA is a Gothic Horror, THE GATELESS BARRIER is a supernatural romance.
Intro and bio by me.
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
First book released in 2026 by Mislaid Books will be an omnibus edition of THE CARISSIMA and THE GATELESS BARRIER by Lucas Malet (Mary St Leger Kingsley, 1852 — 1931).
THE CARISSIMA is a Gothic Horror, THE GATELESS BARRIER is a supernatural romance.
Intro and bio by me.
THE CARISSIMA is a Gothic Horror, THE GATELESS BARRIER is a supernatural romance.
Intro and bio by me.
An original copy of the Mumonkan was stolen from a Japanese museum. The scandal is being called Gateless Gate-Gate.
May 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
An original copy of the Mumonkan was stolen from a Japanese museum. The scandal is being called Gateless Gate-Gate.