Examples of 'koan' in a sentence
Meaning of "koan"
koan (noun): a paradoxical anecdote or riddle without a solution, used in Zen Buddhism to provoke enlightenment
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- A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
- A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.
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Here is a koan that gives me a little trouble.
This is how we have to see this koan.
Our koan of shikantaza is the genjo koan.
According to my cousin yochan he is detective koan pikaichi.
The koan is an invitation to enter into reality.
I thought she might have given me a koan.
A partial list of koan attributes is below.
Killing is just an elegant expression of the koan.
Hold the koan like a baby.
Suzuki had problems sitting with his koan.
There is a zen koan where the teacher holds a stick.
He did not engage in the practice of koan.
There is a koan about that.
Others teach concentration on a mantra or a koan.
A koan is a question for which the ego has no answer.
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I was not at all prepared to receive a koan at that time.
The koan makes sense.
This is our iron ball koan.
Koan turned his eyes to the boy once again.
It depends on how you deal with the koan.
Rinzai koan training requires at least occasional contact with a master.
And tells me what it is like to live with a koan.
After all the koan is made to be a question without a good answer.
This is a wonderful question and therefore it is called a koan.
This was a kind of koan for me.
A Zen koan is a problem with no logical solution.
Some of these women appear in the koan collections.
Koan and sitting meditation are both Zen.
One common method is the koan.
Each koan is accompanied by a commentary and verse by Wumen.
There is no right or wrong answer to a koan.
It reminds me of the second koan of the Mumonkan.
Essence that one can understand the meaning of a zen koan.
The Koan is a tool to expel distracting thoughts and illusion.
That is always the koan.
Because that Koan relates to this type of penetrating experience.
I really like this koan.
It is obvious that they designate as Koan a certain mystical dialogue between Master and disciple.
This is the ultimate koan.
The riddle of life Life is a big koan that can not be resolved.
This is part of the koan.
You must keep the Koan between your teeth even if you fall into a furnace.
Instead there was just work on his farm and koan study.
He also did advanced koan work with Koun Yamada.
It is trying to live a koan.
The Koan Sea is melancholic because of the rain.
And he gave me my koan.
His Koan was clear to him.
Your post is a koan.
A koan cannot be figured out, or explained rationally.
