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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 Chan, Zen, Seon and Thiền 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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Title	Speaker	Date
Interdependence: Embracing Our Shared Reality Koan, Interdependence, War	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2005
"Evo-revolution" Serial: BZ-01242 Working with Our Problems, Saturday Lecture Koan, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Religion, Chanting, Vow, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 28 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Reality Through Zen Presence Serial: RB-03761 Seminar_What_Is_Reality? Samadhi, Time, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	May 2004 Johanneshof
Breath, Dreams, and Zen Koans Serial: RB-01553B Practice-Week_The_Path_of_the_Breath Koan, Time, Consciousness	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 09 2004 Johanneshof
Tasting Life's True Essence Buddha Nature, Bell, Enthusiasm, Koan	Edward Brown	Jan 19 2004
Bathroom Zen Serial: BZ-01379 One-Day Sitting Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Koan, New Year, Culture, Continuous Practice, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 10 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Tranquility Serial: RA-00014 Fall 2003 Tassajara Practice Period. In the early stages of our practice, we need to train ourselves in letting go of discursive thought to realize the mind's... Meditation, Breath, Koan, Breath, Letting Go, Don't Know Mind, Discrimination...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 07 2003 Tassajara
Zen Harmony Through Shared Listening Serial: RB-01517A Prectice_Month_Talks Practice, Culture, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jul 14 2003 Johanneshof
Wednesday Lecture Serial: SF-00948 Buffalo passing through window koan. Farm and draft horses at GGF Time, Koan, Tassajara	Marc Lesser	Jul 09 2003 Green Gulch Farm
Embracing Not Knowing in Zen Serial: RB-01468 Practice-Week_The_Wisdom_of_Not_Knowing Practice, Time, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 17 2003 Johanneshof
Beyond Bodies: Zen and Self Fluidity Serial: RB-01463 Seminar_Body_and_Mind Koan, Practice, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 13 2003 Johanneshof
Perceiving Mind in Zen Practice Serial: RB-01435 Sesshin Practice, Time, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 12 2002 Johanneshof
Suramgama Sutra Serial: BZ-00481 Class 1 of 4 Koan, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Manjushri, Birth-and-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Aug 22 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Compassion in Everyday Action Practice, Koan, Bodhisattva	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 01 2002
Soundscapes of Zen: Perception Unbound Serial: RB-01380 Seminar_The_Eightfold_Path Practice, Time, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	May 24 2002 Rastenberg
2002.03.14-serial.00171 Buddha, Dogen, Koan		Mar 14 2002
Unveiling Samadhi: Balance and Insight Samadhi, Practice, Koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 21 2002 Green Gulch Farm
Embodied Mindfulness for Non-Dual Living Serial: RB-01312 Practice-Month_The_Three_Jewels,_Buddha_Dharma_Sangha Mindfulness, Practice, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 26 2001 Johanneshof
Transcending Thirst Through Zen Awareness Serial: RB-01349 Sesshin Practice, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 13 2001 Johanneshof
Beyond Hot or Cold: Zen Freedom Serial: RB-01330 Sesshin Practice, Time, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Aug 25 2001 Johanneshof
Embrace the Moment's Wild Potential Serial: RB-01331 Sesshin Time, Koan, Practice	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Aug 25 2001 Johanneshof
Transcending Boundaries: Embodying Cosmic Mindfulness Serial: RB-01318 Practice-Month_The_Three_Jewels,_Buddha_Dharma_Sangha Koan, Mindfulness, Practice	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Aug 15 2001 Johanneshof
Liberation Through Zen Containers Buddha, Koan, Time	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 16 2001
Mirrors Buddha Nature, Intuition, Culture, Don't Know Mind, Karma, Buddha's...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jun 09 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Direct Experience Mindfulness, Impermanence, Realization, Viewcabulary, Practice, Consciousness, Koan...	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Apr 2001 Day 5 and 6 Crestone Zen Mountain Center
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
2000.11.04-serial.00051 Dogen, Koan, Buddha		Nov 04 2000
Zen Beyond Attachment Attachment, Koan, Bell	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 14 2000
Embodied Wisdom Through Zen Practice Serial: RB-01225 Seminar_Original_Mind Practice, Mindfulness, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 29 2000 Rastenberg
Embracing the Art of Non-Abiding Bodhisattva, Buddha, Koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 12 2000
Sunday Lecture Interview, Mill Valley, Birth-and-Death, Koan, Bell, Vow, Faith, Liberation, Delusion...	Fu Schroeder	May 21 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Unveiling Reality: Koans and Perception Serial: RB-01166B Sesshin Koan, Culture, Heart Sutra	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 04 1999 Roseburg
Failure/Success Serial: BZ-00192B Saturday Lecture Ego, Koan, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma, Big Mind	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 21 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Embrace the Golden Wind Transformations Serial: RB-01134 Seminar_The_Golden_Wind Practice, Koan, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	May 28 1999 Chiemsee
Riding the Donkey to Enlightenment Study, Koan, Work	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 30 1998
Transcending Thought: Zen Renewal Koan, Time, Buddha	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 25 1998
Mindful Journey: Awakening Through Zen Serial: RB-01095 Congress Practice, Koan, Buddhism	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 10 1998 Bremen
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
Discovering Freedom through Zen Practice Freedom, Letting Go, Hyakujo, Intention, Koan	Edward Brown	Aug 10 1998
Miracles on the Zen Path Time, Work, Koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 27 1998
Koans as Lenses for Insight Blue Cliff Record, Buddha, Koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 21 1998
Dancing with the Dead Snake Work, Koan, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 06 1998
Awaken Now: Zen's Living Koan Serial: RB-01057 Seminar_Study_Yourself Practice, Koan, Enlightenment	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 26 1998 Wien
Interconnected Selfhood in Zen Practice Serial: RB-01058 Seminar_Study_Yourself Buddha, Dogen, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 26 1998 Wien
Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Religion, Koan, Letting Go, Fundraising	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 17 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Wisdom Embodied: Koans in Zen Buddha, Koan, Study	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 23 1998
Intimacy in Unknowing: Zen's Essence Zazen, Koan, Religion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 30 1997
Recognizing Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Doubt, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Embodied Wisdom: Compassion Beyond Form Wisdom, Emptiness, Koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 09 1997
1997.04.26-serial.00058 Koan, Zazen, Buddha		Apr 26 1997

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