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Categories: Articles with short description, Metaphors, Riddles, Zen texts, Spiritual practice

koan Kōan If you meet the Buddha on your path, kill him Ko'an koans

A paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning WordNet 3.0

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A paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A kōan 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. Wikipedia

Type of text or utterance in Zen Buddhism. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Story, dialogue, question, or statement used in Zen-practice Wikidata

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. Wiktionary

Zen story. Wiktionary (translation)

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