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A kōan (pronounced /ˈkoʊ.ɑːn/ ; Chinese: ; pinyin#ifeq:: gōng-àn nonononono; Korean: gong'an; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement in the history and lore of Zen...
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For the same reason we cannot dismiss as equal nonsense the beatings given by masters to pupils who make reasonable answers; or the intentionally idiotic commentaries written by the master; Mumon on famous koans.
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www.terebess.hu/english/zen.html
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Such stories and verses are called koans, and their study is the process of realizing their truths.” (Robert Aitken 1990) ... “The koans do not represent the private opinion of a single man, but rather the highest principle … [that] accords with the spiritual source, tallies with the mysterious meaning,
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enlightenmentward.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/famous-koans...
enlightenmentward.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/famous-koansutter-nonsense/
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An article on Zen koans. The secret Zen wisdom in the form of witty riddles called koans. ... If their trouble comes from their mouths, it is there I strike." Rinzai was also famous for shouting Katsu!, a nonsensical word, as an answer to koans. Because of its tongue-in-cheek humor, the koan is unparalleled in world mysticism.
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www.lifepositive.com/spirit/world-religions/buddhism/ze...
www.lifepositive.com/spirit/world-religions/buddhism/zen/koan.asp
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There is a famous Zen koan (philosophical riddle) which asks, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" The student of Zen is supposed to meditate on this riddle until some degree of insight or enlightenment occurs.
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www.huna.org/html/onehand.html
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DEEP LISTENING In Zen we have a famous koan, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" The entire koan is actually, "Two hands clap and there is a sound; This is absorptive listening, complete absorption in sound. In Zen instruction we say it is like the hushed attention of the audience at a symphony when the lights...
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www.greatvow.org/teachings_media/deeplistening.pdf
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Some Famous Examples of Zen Koan ... The most famouns Zen koan of all is a play on a Chinese proverb `It takes two hands to clap': ... Po-chang needed a master for his new monastery, so he called all his monks together and set a pitcher before them saying:
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www.cs.indiana.edu/~port/teach/relg/koan.html
www.cs.indiana.edu/~port/teach/relg/koan.html
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Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"). Fear of koans... ... Each of the ten gates, or koans, is illuminated by actual...
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The Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934], full text etext at sacred-texts.com ... As such, their actual content or structure is not as important as the mental state which they induce. This collection includes some of the most famous koans, such as Tozan's "three pounds of flax":
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www.sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/index.htm
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