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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
Zen Mind Unveiled Through Meditation Serial: RB-00818 Seminar_Cooking_Your_Karma Koan, Practice, Meditation	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Apr 1993 Chiemsee
Zen Koans and Spiritual Friendship Serial: RB-00813 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Koan, Practice, Sangha	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Weaving Reality: Zen and Consciousness Serial: RB-00814 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Breath, Practice, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Leaking Compassion and Zen Insight Serial: RB-00817 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Koan, Bodhisattva, Practice	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Flowing Through Zen's Koan Wisdom Serial: RB-01625B Talk_Koan_76 Enlightenment, Koan, Practice	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jan 28 1993 Crestone Zen Mountain Center
Embodied Reality Through Zen Practice Serial: RB-00836 Seminar_The_Price_of_Potatoes_in_Berlin Koan, Practice, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1993 Berlin
Silent Seats, Living Zen Serial: RB-00843 Seminar_Yaoshan_Ascends_the_Seat Koan, Consciousness, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1993 Rastenberg
Awakening to the Miracle of Now Serial: RB-00845 Seminar_Yaoshan_Ascends_the_Seat Consciousness, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1993 Rastenberg
Zen Koans in Therapeutic Light Serial: RB-00847 Seminar_Therapist-Mind_Beginner´s-Mind Practice, Koan, Buddhism	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1993 Kassel
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 Brown	Nov 08 1992
Zen in Everyday Life Unveiled Silence, Priest, Buddha Nature, Hate, Koan	Edward Brown	Nov 08 1992
Embodied Zen Awakening Through Presence Serial: RB-00800 Sesshin Koan, Culture, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 1992 Roseburg
Transcending Duality Through Zen Perception Serial: RB-00801 Sesshin Culture, Koan, Zazen	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 1992 Roseburg
Relax Into Presence: Embrace Impermanence Serial: RB-00803 Sesshin Koan, Buddhism, Faith	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 1992 Roseburg
Embracing Fluid Reality Through Zen Serial: RB-00791 Seminar_Buddhahood_and_the_Establishment_of_the_Two_Truth Koan, Bodhisattva, Zazen	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jul 03 1992 Rastenberg
Embracing Chaos in Zen Practice Serial: RB-00770A Sesshin Practice, Buddhism, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Stillness Embodies Zen's Completeness Serial: RB-00770B Sesshin Practice, Koan, Posture	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Sangha: Beyond the Self, Together Serial: RB-00772A Sesshin Sangha, Koan, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Illuminating the Inner Zen Journey Serial: RB-00773A Sesshin Buddhism, Koan, Wisdom	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Evolving Zen Practice in Europe Serial: RB-00773B Sesshin Practice, Lay Ordination, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Silent Path to Non-Dual Wisdom Serial: RB-03726 Seminar_Vimalakirti`s_Silence Silence, Manjushri, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 04 1992
Embracing the Art of Not-Knowing Serial: RB-00795 Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Offering, Silence	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Beyond Words: Experiencing Zen Awakening Serial: RB-00796 Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Enlightenment	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Zen Koans: Pathways to Presence Serial: RB-00797 Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Enlightenment	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Zen Koans: Agents of Transformative Change Serial: RB-00798A Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Awakening in Tang Dynasty Zen Serial: RB-00798B Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Practice, Koan, Meditation	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Koans and the Art of Being Serial: RB-00799A Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Time, Koan, Enlightenment	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Blurring Boundaries Through Zen Practice Serial: RB-00799B Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Time, Ceremony, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Zen Stream: Flowing Mindfulness Everyday Serial: RB-00805 Seminar_The_Living_Stream_of_Consciousness_and_Awareness Practice, Koan, Posture	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Münster
Awakening Through Zen Practice Stages Serial: RB-00806 Seminar_The_Living_Stream_of_Consciousness_and_Awareness Practice, Time, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Münster
Flowing Beyond Words Serial: RB-00807 Seminar_The_Living_Stream_of_Consciousness_and_Awareness Practice, Koan, Buddhism	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Münster
Language Beyond Words: Zen Insights Serial: RB-00808 Seminar_The_Living_Stream_of_Consciousness_and_Awareness Time, Koan, Practice	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1992 Münster
Opening Envelopes to Enlightenment Serial: RB-00743 Sesshin Practice, Koan, Japan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 1991 Roseburg
Breath of Being: Zen Insights Serial: RB-00744 Sesshin Practice, Breath, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 1991 Roseburg
Zen Pathways: Reimagining Western Ideas Serial: RB-00746 Sesshin Practice, Emptiness, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 1991 Roseburg
Embracing Emptiness: The Fractal Self Serial: RB-00747 Sesshin Practice, Emptiness, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 1991 Roseburg
Zen Posture: Cultivating Mindful Awareness Serial: RB-00739 Seminar_Cosmos Buddhism, Koan, Practice	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1991 Holland
Zen Embodied: Mind and Body Unity Serial: RB-00692B Seminar Practice, Koan, Stillness	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Nov 11 1990 Heidelberg
Lotus Blossoms: Journey to Mindful Enlightenment Serial: RB-00694 Seminar Practice, Time, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Nov 11 1990 Heidelberg
Embarking on the Zen Journey Serial: RB-02257 Seminar Practice, Time, Koan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Nov 10 1990
Embodied Zen: Beyond Words and Mind Koan, Meditation, Instruction	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 06 1990
Bubbles of Awareness in Zen Serial: RB-02658 Seminar Practice, Koan, Daily Life	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Nov 1990
Seeing Through the Gateless Path Doubt, Koan, Time	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 15 1990
Words, Action, and Dharma's Dance Faith, Karma, Koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 08 1990
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
Koans: Transforming Queries into Wisdom Serial: RB-00677 Sesshin Practice, Koan, Japan	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Dec 07 1989 Crestone Zen Mountain Center
Zendo Talk Practice, Koan, Buddha	Robert Aitken Roshi	Nov 22 1989 Unknown
Mumonkan Case #25 Buddha, Koan, Time	Robert Aitken Roshi	Oct 03 1989 Unknown

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