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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
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
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
Transcending Duality Through Zen Paradoxes Daily Life, difficulty, Koan		Sep 11 1989
Awakening Through Huineng's Koan Practice, Koan, Zazen	Robert Aitken Roshi	Sep 11 1989 Green Gulch Farm
Five-day Sesshin Koan, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha	Yvonne Rand	Aug 30 1989 Unknown
Beyond Duality: Unveiling the Original Face Serial: SF-04067 Duplicate Practice, Zazen, Koan	Robert Aitken Roshi	Aug 11 1989 Green Gulch Farm
Mind Refresher Cakes Serial: BZ-00376A Sesshin Day 1 Koan, Deshan, Dragons, Lineage, Gratitude, Passions	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
June 12th, 1988, Serial No. 00299 Serial: BZ-00299 Sunday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Doubt, Attachment, Koan, Daily Life, Intuition, Soto Zen, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 1988
Genjokoan I Serial: BZ-01501B Sesshin lecture Anger, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Koan, Observe, Sixth Patriarch, Soto...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Mind, Peaceful Presence Bodhidharma, Koan, Tozan, Peace, Composure	Edward Espe Brown	Sep 07 1986
Blue Cliff Record Case #3: Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha Serial: BZ-00409A Saturday Lecture Buddha, Koan, BCR-3, Buddha Nature, Commitment, Cultivation, First Principle, Greed,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Engaging Directly with Suffering Greed, Hate, Koan, Vow	Edward Espe Brown	Apr 10 1984
Awaken to Each Present Moment Koan, Non-discrimination, Practice Period, Thich Nhat Hanh	Edward Espe Brown	Feb 01 1984
Camaldolese History Serial: NC-00515 Camaldolese History Class. Conference #1 (Dec 7, 1983) & Conference #2 (Dec 14, 1983) OSB Cam, War, Study Period, Politics, Lineage, Koan	Fr. Thomas Matus	Dec 07 1983 1 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage
The First Grave Precept: Not Killing Precepts, Peace, Koan	Robert Aitken Roshi	Aug 04 1983 City Center
Unveiling Christ in Sacred Texts Serial: NC-00398 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Thoroughness, Patience, Realization, Pain, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	Apr 14 1983
Blue Cliff Record Case #43: How Can We Avoid Heat and Cold? Serial: BZ-00006B Saturday Lecture BCR-43 Koan, Suffering, Pain, Anger	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Importance of Attention to Form in Zen Practice Serial: BZ-00049B Sesshin Day 2 Koan, Shikantaza, Practice	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #35 -- Seijo's Soul Separated: Unifying Body, Mind and the Way Serial: BZ-00046B Saturday Lecture MM-35 Koan, Work, Practice, Study	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record, Case #35: Manjushri's "3's" and "3's"; Nondiscrimination Serial: BZ-00034A Saturday Lecture BCR-35 Non-discrimination, Koan, Manjushri, Practice, Buddhism	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 03 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case #19: "Nansen's Everyday Mind is the Way" Serial: BZ-00036A Saturday Lecture MM-19 Nansen, Absolute-and-Relative, Koan, Practice, Ordinary Mind, Nansen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 26 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record, Case #17: “Sitting Long and Getting Tired” Serial: BZ-00029B Sesshin Day 5 BCR-17 Composure, Zazen, Koan, Samadhi, First Principle, Time	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 23 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort, The Fourth Paramita (Virya): Blue Cliff Record: Case #44, "Beating the Drum" Serial: BZ-00009A Saturday Lecture Virya, Koan, Practice, Buddha, Time	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 24 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Charismatic Leadership in Monastic Letters Serial: NC-00690 Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12 Instruction, Transmission, Letting Go, Demons, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	Oct 21 1981
Eternal Devotion: A Sacred Response Serial: NC-00697 Monastic Spirituality Set 4 of 12 Commitment, Mahayana, First Principle, Koan, Enlightenment	Bruno Barnhart	Jun 11 1981
Stability as Freedom's Anchor Serial: NC-00874 Monastic Spirituality Set 3 of 12 OSB Cam, Ceremony, Commitment, Koan, Vow	Bruno Barnhart	Apr 24 1981
Obedience and Redemption Unveiled Serial: NC-00795 Monastic Spirituality Set 2 of 12 OSB Cam, Hate, Koan, Liberation, Transmission	Bruno Barnhart	Feb 18 1981
Knowledge of God & Trinity Transmission, Emptiness, Buddhism, Lineage, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	Feb 1981 4 of 14
Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha Serial: SR-00009 Sunday, March 9, 1969 Sokoji, San Francisco 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,...	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 09 1969 Sokoji
Bring Me The Rhinoceros Fan Serial: 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, Freedom, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1968 Tassajara
Because I Was Not Well Serial: 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...	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 23 1968 A Tassajara
On Chanting, Sokei-An Serial: SF-01135 Tape 4 copy 2 - duplicate Time, Chanting, Koan	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	Mar 01 1966 Kyoto
On Chanting, Sokei-An Serial: SF-01131B Tape 4 copy 1 Time, Dharmakaya, Koan	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	Mar 01 1966 Kyoto
On Nanzenshi, Nanshin-Ken Serial: SF-01136 Tape 1 copy 1 Time, Koan	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	Feb 22 1966 Kyoto
Living the Koan Experience Delusion, Practice, Koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson
Divine Being Beyond Words Serial: NC-00212B Archival Photo Buddha, Koan, Buddhism, Lotus Sutra
Being-Time: Uniting Self and Moment Doubt, Emptiness, Koan
Dizang's Weakness: Case 20, Book of Serenity; Serial No. 01162 Serial: BZ-01162 Saturday talk Koan, Dizang, SER-20, Anger, Bowing, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Nirvana,...	Karen Sundheim	Berkeley Zen Center
Eliot's Timeless Dance of Paradox Serial: NC-00834 1980s OSB Cam, Emotions, Emptiness, Koan, War	Robert Hale
The Brief Rule of St. Romuald Serial: NC-00051 The Little Rule of Saint Romuald Archival Photo OSB Cam, St. Romuald, Brief Rule of St. Romuald, Instruction, Money, Koan,...	Peter-Damian Belisle	1 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage

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