Koan practice Chan Buddhism
a koan (literally public case ) story or dialogue, related chan or other buddhist history; typical form anecdote involving chinese chan masters. these anecdotes involving famous chan teachers practical demonstration of wisdom, , can used test student s progress in chan practice. koans appear paradoxical or linguistically meaningless dialogues or questions. chan buddhists koan place , time , event truth reveals unobstructed oppositions , differentiations of language. answering koan requires student let go of conceptual thinking , of logical way order world, that, creativity in art, appropriate insight , response arises naturally , spontaneously in mind.
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