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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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Living Koans: Embracing Life's Flux

Serial: RB-03551

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Time, Koan, Practice
Jun 2011
Rastenberg

Zen Constellations: Group Wisdom Unlocked

Serial: RB-03552

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Koan, Practice, Work
Jun 2011
Rastenberg

Embodied Wisdom: Zen Meets Constellations

Serial: RB-03550

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Practice, Koan, Enlightenment
Jun 2011
Rastenberg

Zen Threads in Human Therapy

Serial: RB-03546

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Koan, Buddhism, Letting Go
Jun 2011
Rastenberg

Zen Stories 

Intimacy, Koan, Interview, difficulty
Apr 28 2011
The Yoga Room

April 28th, 2011, Serial No. 03843

Intimacy, Koan, Interview
Apr 28 2011

Zen Stories 

Koan, Attachment, Mahayana
Apr 14 2011
The Yoga Room

April 14th, 2011, Serial No. 03839

Koan, Time, Wisdom
Apr 14 2011

Zen Stories 

Koan, Manjushri, Separation, Buddha Ancestors, Conversation
Apr 07 2011
The Yoga Room

April 7th, 2011, Serial No. 03838

Meditation, Koan, Intention
Apr 07 2011

March 17th, 2011, Serial No. 03834

Koan, Study
Mar 17 2011

Zen Stories 

Lineage, Koan, Intimacy, Mahayana, Japan
Mar 17 2011
The Yoga Room

Zen Stories 

Koan, Lineage, Silence, Zenki, Letting Go
Mar 10 2011
The Yoga Room

March 10th, 2011, Serial No. 03833

Koan, Silence, Stillness
Mar 10 2011

Zen Wisdom: Context Shapes Reality

Serial: RB-04031

Sesshin

Koan, Buddha, Healing
Oct 10 2010
Johanneshof

The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom 

Emptiness, Faith, Koan, Lotus Sutra, Separation
Aug 14 2010
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom 

Emptiness, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Koan, Karmic Consciousness
Aug 14 2010
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

October 19th, 2009, Serial No. 03683

Precepts, Karmic Consciousness, Koan
Oct 19 2009

Koans and Mindful Transformation

Serial: RB-01687A

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Koan, Practice, Posture
May 31 2009
Budapest

Awakening Through Zazen Awareness

Serial: RB-01687D

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Koan, Buddhism, Enlightenment
May 31 2009
Budapest

Dizang's Weakness: Case 20, Book of Serenity; Serial No. 01162

Serial: BZ-01162

Saturday talk

Koan, Dizang, SER-20, Intimacy, Gratitude, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra, Nirvana...
Oct 04 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Awakening Through Active Consciousness

Serial: RB-01668G

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Time, Koan, Buddhism
Sep 2008
Kassel

Soft Eyes, Boundless Compassion

Serial: RB-01667G

Seminar_Bodhisattva-Practice

Compassion, Practice, Koan
Aug 2008
Hannover

Embodied Existence: A Zen Exploration

Serial: RB-01666C

Sesshin

Culture, Koan, Emptiness
Aug 2008
Johanneshof

Entering and Embodying Truth 

Suzuki Roshi, Koan, Community, Sangha, Evil
Jul 22 2008
The Yoga Room

Zen Justice Through Stillness

Stillness, Community, Koan
Jul 22 2008

Bodily Spaces in Zen Connection

Serial: RB-01665E

Talks_Constellation-Work_and_Zen

Work, Time, Koan
Jul 2008
Johanneshof

Medicine and Disease

Serial: BZ-01137

Saturday Lecture

Discrimination, Five Ranks, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Impermanence,...
Jun 07 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Just This: Embracing the Present

Serial: RB-01663G

Seminar_The_Self

Practice, Time, Koan
May 2008
Rastenberg

Sensory Awakening in Zen Practice

Serial: RB-03173

Practice-Period_Talks

Consciousness, Practice, Koan
Mar 07 2008
Crestone Zen Mountain Center

What Is It That Comes?

Serial: BZ-01443

Nangaku Ejo asks Daikan Eno, Sesshin Day 4

Nangaku Ejo, Daikan Eno, Koan, Gaining Mind, Monastic Practice, Practice Period,...
Jun 23 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

This Is It

Serial: BZ-01436A

Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Koan, Karma, Doubt, confusion, Big Mind, Instruction, Religion, Priest,...
May 19 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

The Gift of Nothing

Serial: SF-00929

Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: one who is not busy, one reality; the gift of nothing; sesshin, from Suzuki Roshi; our mind is the same as Buddha's; all things are...

Buddha's Enlightenment, Sesshin, Koan, Daowu, Keizan, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana...
Dec 03 2006
Green Gulch Farm

Embracing Zen's Non-Busy Mind

Serial: RB-01655E

Seminar_Not_Being_Busy

Koan, Practice, Enlightenment
Dec 2006
Johanneshof

Right Speech

Serial: SF-00037

The eight-fold path and its relationship to the precepts.

Ummon, Koan, Right Speech, Suzuki Roshi, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Buddha...
Sep 16 2006

Presence as the Ultimate Koan

Koan, Soto Zen, Rinzai
Aug 20 2006

Zen Pathways: Beyond Rational Understanding

Serial: RB-01650G

Sesshin

Koan, Work, Time
May 2006
Johanneshof

Experiencing Zen: Beyond Perception

Serial: RB-01650E

Sesshin

Practice, Koan, Japan
May 2006
Johanneshof

Interwoven Paths: Zens Transformative Journey

Serial: RB-01650F

Sesshin

Koan, Time, Practice
May 2006
Johanneshof

Unified Wisdom: Zen's Scientific Essence

Serial: RB-01702C

Seminar_Mahayana-Practice_as_Vision_1

Manjushri, Time, Koan
2006
Johanneshof

Embrace Life's Koan Journey

Serial: RB-01649B

Seminar_Mahayana-Practice_as_Vision_2

Practice, Koan, Time
2006
Johanneshof

Dining Room Lecture

Daowu, Koan, Posture, Practice, Zazen, Time
Jun 24 2005
Tassajara

Embracing Reality Beyond Thought

Serial: RB-02593

Seminar_Vast_Mind_Open_Mind

Time, Koan, Practice
Jun 2005
Johanneshof

May 5th, 2005, Serial No. 03231

Pain, Koan, Time
May 05 2005

Awareness Beyond Mindfulness Boundaries

Serial: RB-03228

Seminar_The_Four_Foundations_of_Mindfulness

Practice, Koan, Buddhism
May 2005
Rastenberg

April 14th, 2005, Serial No. 03228

Koan, Hate
Apr 14 2005

April 7th, 2005, Serial No. 03227

Delusion, Koan
Apr 07 2005

March 31st, 2005, Serial No. 03226

Koan, Gratitude
Mar 31 2005

Zen Of Business Administration

Serial: SF-00036

Sunday Talk.
Life at Green Gulch in the 1970s; giving, fearlessness; improv; no mistakes; parenting.

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Daily Life, Koan...
Mar 20 2005
Green Gulch Farm

2005, Serial No. 03268

Peace, Koan, Interdependence
2005

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