KOAN - ZEN
Specific words and experiences of the ancients that cannot be solved by logic or rational thought.
People of Zen training use them to cut dualistic thinking, awaken to their Buddha nature, and rid themselves of ego.
Perhaps no other aspect of Zen is as puzzling as the Koan.
Koan is not a riddle nor a paradox to shock the mind.
The Koan is an integral part of a system developed over centuries.
There are around 1,700 Koans in existence.
The Koan can question, excerpt from the sutras, word exchanged in a mondo, episode in the life of an ancient Master or another fragment of teaching.
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