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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
What Is It That Comes? Serial: BZ-01443 Nangaku Ejo asks Daikan Eno, Sesshin Day 4 Nangaku Ejo, Daikan Eno, Koan, Duality, Gaining Mind, Lineage, Monastic Practice, New...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
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
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...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm
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...	Marc Lesser	Sep 16 2006
Presence as the Ultimate Koan Koan, Soto Zen, Rinzai	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 20 2006
Dining Room Lecture Daowu, Koan, Posture, Practice, Zazen, Time	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jun 24 2005 Tassajara
Genjo Koan Koan, Time, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 31 2005 The Yoga Room
Zen Of Business Administration Serial: SF-00036 Sunday Talk. Life at Green Gulch in the 1970s; giving, fearlessness; improv; no mistakes; parenting. Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Koan, Interview, Daily Life, Beginners, Mill Valley,...	Marc Lesser	Mar 20 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Interdependence: Embracing Our Shared Reality Koan, Interdependence, War	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2005
"Evo-revolution" Serial: BZ-01242 Working with Our Problems, Saturday Lecture Koan, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Manjushri, Religion, Vow, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 28 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Tasting Life's True Essence Bell, Buddha Nature, Enthusiasm, Koan	Edward Espe Brown	Jan 19 2004
Bathroom Zen Serial: BZ-01379 One-Day Sitting Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Koan, Big Mind, Continuous Practice, Culture, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Failure/Success Serial: BZ-00192B Saturday Lecture Ego, Koan, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma, Big Mind	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 21 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Universe As Medicine Serial: BZ-00356B Saturday Lecture Ummon, Koan, Attachment, Bell, Building, Demons, Ego, Enemies, Manjushri, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Discovering Freedom through Zen Practice Freedom, Letting Go, Hyakujo, Intention, Koan	Edward Espe 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
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, Anger, Buddha Nature, Constancy, Discrimination, Dogen, Doubt,...	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
Renunciation as Path to Awakening Koan, Time, Work	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 26 1995
Embodied Zen: Beyond Meditation Myths Time, Koan, Suffering	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 13 1995
Backward Step: Embracing Zen Koans Study, Koan, Buddha	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 06 1995
Obaku's Address to the Monks Serial: BZ-00628B There Are No Zen Teachers in This Realm, Sesshin Day 2 Obaku, Koan, Bell, Bowing, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Rinzai	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Hands, Horns, and Hidden Dragons Koan, Time, Pain	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 23 1992
Embracing Zen's Messy Truths Priest, Buddha Nature, Silence, Hate, Koan	Edward Espe Brown	Nov 08 1992
Zen in Everyday Life Unveiled Silence, Priest, Buddha Nature, Hate, Koan	Edward Espe Brown	Nov 08 1992
Embodied Zen: Beyond Words and Mind Koan, Meditation, Instruction	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 06 1990

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