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A kōan ( KOH-a(h)n; Japanese: 公案; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn [kʊ́ŋ ân]; Korean: 화두, romanized: hwadu; Vietnamese: công án) 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. Prolonged koan-study is intended to shatter small-minded pride of, and identification with, this initial insight, and spurs further development of insight and compassion, and integration thereof in daily life and character.

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Title	Speaker	Date
Unknown Date, Serial 00212, Side B Serial: NC-00212B Archival Photo Buddha, Koan, Buddhism, Lotus Sutra		[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown Date, Serial 00834 Serial: NC-00834 1980s OSB Cam, Echo, War, Koan, Emotions, Emptiness	Robert Hale	[field_wisdom_date]
Because I Was Not Well Serial: SF-05143A SR023 Track 1 Suzuki Roshi's afternoon sesshin 4-23-68 copied [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's... Sesshin, Koan, Ordinary Mind, everyday mind, Faith, Composure, Doubt, Religion...	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 23 1968 A Tassajara
Bring Me The Rhinoceros Fan Serial: SF-05086 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #21, by Shundo David Haye ===== For whatever reason, there are few talks existing from the summer of 1968. At... Koan, Faith, Echo, Describe, Freedom	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1968 Tassajara
Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha Serial: SR-00009 Sunday, March 9, 1969 Sokoji, San Francisco Koan story of sun-faced buddha, moon-faced buddha. Practicing while well or while sick. Accepting what we don't like.... Baso, Koan, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Composure, Discrimination, difficulty,...	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 09 1969 Sokoji
May 9th, 1972, Serial No. 00462 Bodhidharma, Breath, Attachment, Mahayana, Koan	Richard Baker	May 09 1972
May 10th, 1972, Serial No. 00463 Delusion, Truth, Koan, Mahayana, Community	Richard Baker	May 10 1972
May 13th, 1972, Serial No. 00464 Breath, Bodhidharma, Truth, causation, Koan	Richard Baker	May 13 1972
Knowledge of God & Trinity Transmission, Emptiness, Buddhism, Lineage, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	Feb 1981 4 of 14
February 18th, 1981, Serial No. 00795 Serial: NC-00795 Monastic Spirituality Set 2 of 12 OSB Cam, Koan, Transmission, Liberation, zen, Hate	Bruno Barnhart	Feb 18 1981
April 24th, 1981, Serial No. 00874 Serial: NC-00874 Monastic Spirituality Set 3 of 12 OSB Cam, Commitment, Vows, Ceremony, zen, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	Apr 24 1981
June 11th, 1981, Serial No. 00697 Serial: NC-00697 Monastic Spirituality Set 4 of 12 Commitment, Mahayana, First Principle, Koan, Enlightenment	Bruno Barnhart	Jun 11 1981
October 21st, 1981, Serial No. 00690 Serial: NC-00690 Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12 Instruction, Transmission, Letting Go, Demons, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	Oct 21 1981
Effort: The Fourth Paramita (Virya) Serial: BZ-00009A Blue Cliff Record: Case #5(?) "Beating the Drum", Saturday Lecture Paramitas, Virya, Koan, Buddha Mind, Patience, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 24 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #17 Serial: BZ-00029B "Sitting Long and Getting Tired", Sesshin Day 5 BCR-17 Composure, Zazen, Koan, First Principle, Ordinary Mind, Samadhi, Composure,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 23 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #19 Serial: BZ-00036A "Nansen's Everyday Mind in the Way", Saturday Lecture MM-19 Nansen, Absolute-and-Relative, Koan, Ordinary Mind, Non-violence, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 26 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #35 Serial: BZ-00034A Manjushri's "3's" and "3's"; Nondiscrimination, Saturday Lecture BCR-35 Non-discrimination, Koan, Manjushri, Dragons, Conversation, Sixth Patriarch, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 03 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #35 -- Seijo's Soul Separated Serial: BZ-00046B Unifying Body, Mind and the Way, Saturday Lecture MM-35 Koan, Birth-and-Death, War, Peace, Dragons, Offering, Instruction, Doubt, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #43 Serial: BZ-00006B How Can We Avoid Heat and Cold?, Saturday Lecture BCR-43 Koan, resistance, Non-violence, Fasting, Anger, Dana, Daily Life, Building, training...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
April 14th, 1983, Serial No. 00398 Serial: NC-00398 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Thoroughness, Patience, realization, Pain, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	Apr 14 1983
Camaldolese History Serial: NC-00515 Camaldolese History Class. Conference #1 (Dec 7, 1983) & Conference #2 (Dec 14, 1983) OSB Cam, War, Study Period, Politics, Lineage, Koan	Thomas Matus	Dec 07 1983 1 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage
1984.02.01-serial.00288 Practice Period, Non-discrimination, Aspects of Practice, Thich Nhat Hanh, Koan...	Edward Brown	Feb 01 1984
1984.04.10-serial.00317 Vows, Koan, Hate, Greed, Describe	Edward Brown	Apr 10 1984
Blue Cliff Record: Case #3 Serial: BZ-00409A Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha, Saturday Lecture Buddha, Koan, BCR-3, First Principle, Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Judgement,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
1986.09.07-serial.00323 Bodhidharma, Koan, Tozan, Peace, Composure	Edward Brown	Sep 07 1986
June 3rd, 1987, Serial No. 01501, Side B Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Sixth Patriarch, Koan, Attachment, Heart Sutra, soto,...		Jun 03 1987
June 12th, 1988, Serial No. 00299 Serial: BZ-00299 Sunday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Doubt, Attachment, Koan, Daily Life, Intuition, soto, confusion, Karma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 1988
Mind Refresher Cakes Serial: BZ-00376A Sesshin Day 1 Koan, Deshan, Dragons, Lineage, Gratitude, Passions	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Sun Faced Buddha/Moon Faced Buddha Serial: BZ-00505A Saturday Lecture Buddha, Koan, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Constancy, First Principle, Observe...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
1992.11.08-serial.00173 Priest, Buddha Nature, Silence, Hate, Koan	Edward Brown	Nov 08 1992
1992.11.08-serial.00243 Silence, Priest, Buddha Nature, Hate, Koan	Edward Brown	Nov 08 1992
Participation and Poetry in the New Testament Serial: NC-00061 Part of "Spirituality in a Secular World: Poetry and Wisdom" 3. Participation and Poetry in the New Testament Archival Photo OSB Cam, Enlightenment, Forgiveness, Conversation, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	1993 3 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Obaku's Address to the Monks Serial: BZ-00628B There Are No Zen Teachers in This Realm, Sesshin Day 2 Obaku, Koan, training, Non-discrimination, Rinzai, Dragons, Bowing, Bell, American...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Recognizing Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Doubt, Obstacles, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, zen meditation, Mindfulness, Religion, Koan, resistance, Letting Go,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 17 1998 Green Gulch
1998.08.10-serial.00319 Freedom, Letting Go, Hyakujo, Intention, Koan	Edward Brown	Aug 10 1998
Universe As Medicine Serial: BZ-00356B Saturday Lecture Ummon, Koan, Religion, Manjushri, Bell, Sixth Patriarch, Demons, Ego, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Failure/Success Serial: BZ-00192B Saturday Lecture Ego, Koan, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma, Big Mind	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 21 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Wednesday Lecture Bowing, Emptiness, Koan, Suzuki Roshi, soto, Chanting, Tassajara, Posture, Offering,...	Teah Strozer	Oct 06 1999 City Center
Sunday Lecture Interview, Mill Valley, Birth-and-Death, Koan, Bell, Vows, Faith, Liberation,...	Fu Schroeder	May 21 2000 Green Gulch
Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha Serial: BZ-00123B Saturday Lecture Buddha, Koan, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Thoroughness, Priest, Ordinary Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 18 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
June 9th, 2001, Serial No. 00103, Side B Buddha Nature, Intuition, Culture, Don't Know Mind, Karma, Buddha's...		Jun 09 2001
August 22nd, 2002, Serial No. 00481 Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Manjushri, Birth-and-Death,...		Aug 22 2002
The Brief Rule of St. Romuald Serial: NC-00051 The Little Rule of Saint Romuald Archival Photo OSB Cam, Romuald, Brief Rule of St. Romuald, zen, Instruction, Money, Koan,...	Peter-Damian Belisle	2003 1 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Bathroom Zen Serial: BZ-01379 One-Day Sitting Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Koan, American, New Year, Culture, Continuous, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 10 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
2004.01.19-serial.00212 training, Buddha Nature, Bell, Enthusiasm, Koan	Edward Brown	Jan 19 2004
"Evo-revolution" Serial: BZ-01242 Working with Our Problems, Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Koan, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 28 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
February 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01010 Suzuki Roshi, practicing generosity, Commitment, Practice Period, Koan, Letting Go,...	Marc Lesser	Feb 19 2005 Unknown
Zen Of Business Administration Serial: SF-00036 Sunday Talk. Life at Green Gulch in the 1970s; giving, fearlessness; improv; no mistakes; parenting. Tassajara, practicing generosity, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Daily Life,...	Marc Lesser	Mar 20 2005 Green Gulch Farm
This Is It Serial: BZ-01436A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Koan, Karma, Doubt, confusion, Big Mind, Instruction, Religion, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2007 Berkeley Zen Center

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