Koan Talks
A kōan ( KOH-a(h)n; Japanese: 公案; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn [kʊ́ŋ ân]; Korean: 화두; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement from Chinese Chan Buddhist lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Zen Buddhist practice in different ways. The main goal of kōan practice in Zen is to achieve kenshō (Chinese: jianxing 見性), to see or observe one's buddha-nature.
Extended study of kōan literature as well as meditation (zazen) on a kōan is a major feature of modern Rinzai Zen. They are also studied in the Sōtō school of Zen to a lesser extent. In Chinese Chan and Korean Seon Buddhism, meditating on a huatou, a key phrase of a kōan, is also a major Zen meditation method.
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Awaken to Each Present Moment Practice Period, Non-discrimination, Aspects of Practice, Thich Nhat Hanh, Koan... |
Feb 01 1984 |
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Camaldolese HistorySerial: NC-00515 Camaldolese History Class. Conference #1 (Dec 7, 1983) & Conference #2 (Dec 14, 1983) OSB Cam, War, Study Period, Politics, Lineage, Koan |
Dec 07 1983 1 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Unveiling Christ in Sacred TextsSerial: NC-00398 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Thoroughness, Patience, realization, Pain, Koan |
Apr 14 1983 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #43Serial: BZ-00006B How Can We Avoid Heat and Cold?, Saturday Lecture BCR-43 Koan, resistance, Non-violence, Fasting, Anger, Dana, Daily Life, Building, training... |
Mar 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #35 -- Seijo's Soul SeparatedSerial: BZ-00046B Unifying Body, Mind and the Way, Saturday Lecture MM-35
Koan, Birth-and-Death, War, Peace, Dragons, Offering, Instruction, Doubt, Emotions,... |
Jan 22 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #35Serial: BZ-00034A Manjushri's "3's" and "3's"; Nondiscrimination, Saturday Lecture BCR-35
Non-discrimination, Koan, Manjushri, Dragons, Conversation, Sixth Patriarch, Monastic... |
Jul 03 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #19Serial: BZ-00036A "Nansen's Everyday Mind in the Way", Saturday Lecture MM-19
Nansen, Absolute-and-Relative, Koan, Ordinary Mind, Non-violence, confusion,... |
Jun 26 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #17Serial: BZ-00029B "Sitting Long and Getting Tired", Sesshin Day 5 BCR-17
Composure, Zazen, Koan, First Principle, Ordinary Mind, Samadhi, Composure,... |
May 23 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Effort: The Fourth Paramita (Virya)Serial: BZ-00009A Blue Cliff Record: Case #5(?) "Beating the Drum", Saturday Lecture
Virya, Koan, Buddha Mind, Patience, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice,... |
Apr 24 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Charismatic Leadership in Monastic LettersSerial: NC-00690 Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12 Instruction, Transmission, Letting Go, Demons, Koan |
Oct 21 1981 |
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Eternal Devotion: A Sacred ResponseSerial: NC-00697 Monastic Spirituality Set 4 of 12 Commitment, Mahayana, First Principle, Koan, Enlightenment |
Jun 11 1981 |
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Stability as Freedom's AnchorSerial: NC-00874 Monastic Spirituality Set 3 of 12 OSB Cam, Commitment, Vow, Ceremony, zen, Koan |
Apr 24 1981 |
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Obedience and Redemption UnveiledSerial: NC-00795 Monastic Spirituality Set 2 of 12 OSB Cam, Koan, Transmission, Liberation, zen, Hate |
Feb 18 1981 |
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Knowledge of God & Trinity Transmission, Emptiness, Buddhism, Lineage, Koan |
Feb 1981 4 of 14 |
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Zen Moments: Breathing and Being Breath, Bodhidharma, Truth, causation, Koan |
May 13 1972 |
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Zen and Tantra: Deep Relationships Delusion, Truth, Koan, Mahayana, Community |
May 10 1972 |
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Echoes of Practice, Voices of Zen Bodhidharma, Breath, Attachment, Mahayana, Koan |
May 09 1972 |
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Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced BuddhaSerial: SR-00009 Sunday, March 9, 1969 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,... |
Mar 09 1969 Sokoji |
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Bring Me The Rhinoceros FanSerial: 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, Freedom |
Jul 28 1968 Tassajara |
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Because I Was Not WellSerial: 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... |
Apr 23 1968 A Tassajara |
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Divine Being Beyond WordsSerial: NC-00212B Archival Photo Buddha, Koan, Buddhism, Lotus Sutra |
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Eliot's Timeless Dance of ParadoxSerial: NC-00834 1980s OSB Cam, War, Koan, Emotions, Emptiness |
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