Story, dialogue, question, or statement used in Zen practice
For other uses, see Koan (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Kaon.
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A kōan (/ˈkoʊæn,-ɑːn/KOH-a(h)n;[1] Japanese: 公案; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn[kʊ́ŋ ân]; Korean: 화두, romanized: hwadu; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement from the Chinese Chan-lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Zen practice to provoke the "great doubt" and initial insight of Zen-students. Prolonged koan-study is intended to shatter small-minded pride of, and identification with, this initial insight, and spurs further development of insight and compassion, and integration thereof in daily life and character.
KOAN Sound (/ˈkoʊən/ KOH-ən; named after the word kōan) is an English electronic music production duo from Bristol, consisting of Will Weeks and Jim Bastow...
A kong koan (Chinese: 公館; pinyin: gōngguǎn; Dutch: Chinezen Raad; Indonesian: Raad Tjina) or "chinese council", was a high government body in the major...
the Japanese Rinzai school, kōan introspection developed its own formalized style, with a standardized curriculum of kōans, which must be studied and "passed"...
the breath (anapanasati), mentally repeating a phrase (which could be a koan, a mantra, a huatou or nianfo) and a kind of open monitoring in which one...
The wild fox kōan, also known as "Pai-chang's fox" and "Hyakujō and a Fox", is an influential kōan story in the Zen tradition dating back as early as...
The koan kroach (Khmer: កូនក្រក, literally dried child) is an esoteric Khmer amulet made from mummified fetuses "obtained from the forced removal of the...
The White Koan is a modern art sculpture by Liliane Lijn which is installed outside the back entrance to the Warwick Arts Centre. The Koan is 6 metres...
first anime adaptation. They are first introduced in chapter #14 "Black Moon Kōan – Sailor Mars", first published in Nakayoshi on March 3, 1993. In the DIC...
stagnation, focusing on rigorous training methods integrating meditation and koan practice. Hakuin was born in 1686 in the small village of Hara, at the foot...
tremendous expansion of hackerdom, the File (and related materials like the AI Koans in Appendix A) came to be seen as a sort of sacred epic, a hacker-culture...
The following is a list of kōans attributed to the Zen master Yunmen Wenyan. Ummon inquired of his monks, "This world is such a wide world! Why then do...
Coan wine is wine from the Greek island of Kos, and in particular a style of wine invented there in classical antiquity that was known for its saltiness...
sometimes translated as The Gateless Gate, is a collection of 48 Chan (Zen) koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai...
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picture of the "golden age" of the Chan of the Tang-dynasty, and the use of koans for individual study and meditation. Prime figures are Dahui Zonggao (1089–1163)...
may refer to: One hand clapping (phrase), a phrase derived from a Buddhist kōan known as "The sound of one hand" One Hand Clapping (Paul McCartney and Wings...
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