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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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Title	Speaker	Date
Zen Sickness: Embracing Uncertainty Together Serial: RB-00872 Seminar_The_Clear_Source Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	Feb 1994 Sinsheim
Becoming Through Zen Integration Serial: RB-00873 Seminar_The_Clear_Source Practice, Koan, Consciousness	Richard Baker	Feb 1994 Sinsheim
Koans: Embodying Enlightenment in Practice Serial: RB-00874B Seminar_The_Clear_Source Koan, Vow, Practice	Richard Baker	Feb 1994 Sinsheim
Zen Vision: Beyond Illusion and Form Serial: RB-00891 Seminar_The_Eye_of_the_Truth Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Münster
Unraveling Consciousness Through Ancient Wisdom Serial: RB-00884 Seminar_Lazily_Watching_the_White_Ox Consciousness, Culture, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Frankfurt
Being Beyond Thought: Experiencing Zen Serial: RB-00888B Seminar_The_Eye_of_the_Truth Time, Practice, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Münster
Alive in the Paradox of Zen Serial: RB-00893 Seminar_Have_a_Cup_of_Tea Koan, Buddhism, Consciousness	Richard Baker	1994 München
Living Koans: Awakening Through Sangha Serial: RB-00895 Seminar_Have_a_Cup_of_Tea Practice, Koan, Buddha	Richard Baker	1994 München
Zen's Path to Fundamental Mind Serial: RB-00931A Seminar_Right_Before_Your_Eyes Practice, Koan, Time	Richard Baker	1994 Rastenberg
Transcending Reality Through Zen Doubt Serial: RB-00929 Seminar_Right_Before_Your_Eyes Faith, Koan, Practice	Richard Baker	1994 Rastenberg
Zen Mind Beyond Duality Serial: RB-00909 Seminar_The_Distance_Between_Us Practice, Time, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Kassel
Zen Awakening in Daily Life Serial: RB-00897 Seminar_The_Sealed_Mind Practice, Buddhism, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Roseburg
Enlightenment in Every Breath Serial: RB-00903 Seminar_The_Sealed_Mind Practice, Koan, Work	Richard Baker	1994 Roseburg
Unmoving Mind, Limitless Perception Serial: RB-00908 Seminar_The_Distance_Between_Us Koan, Practice, Study	Richard Baker	1994 Kassel
Awakening Zen: Beyond Human Intuition Serial: RB-00898 Seminar_The_Sealed_Mind Stillness, Koan, Practice	Richard Baker	1994 Roseburg
Taming the Mind's White Ox Serial: RB-00887 Seminar_Lazily_Watching_the_White_Ox Practice, Koan, Buddhism	Richard Baker	1994 Frankfurt
Compassionate Consciousness Beyond Duality Serial: RB-00911 Seminar_The_Distance_Between_Us Compassion, Practice, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Kassel
Silent Gestures and Zen Paradoxes Serial: RB-00899 Seminar_The_Sealed_Mind Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	1994 Roseburg
Unveiling The Unborn Mind Serial: RB-00901 Seminar_The_Sealed_Mind Practice, Enlightenment, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Roseburg
Obaku's Address to the Monks Serial: BZ-00628B There Are No Zen Teachers in This Realm, Sesshin Day 2 Obaku, Koan, training, Non-discrimination, Rinzai, Dragons, Bowing, Bell, American...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Buffalo Meditation: Journey Beyond Self Serial: RB-00853A Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Time, Zazen	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Nanshuan's Blade: Action Meets Insight Serial: RB-00853B Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Cutting Through Compassionate Complexity Serial: RB-00852 Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Precepts, Time	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Awakening Through Koans: A Journey Serial: RB-00851B Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Book of Serenity, Work	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Unlocking Koans Through Personal Insight Serial: RB-00856 Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Zen Koans: Bridging East and West Serial: RB-00859B Sesshin Practice, Koan, Dharmakaya	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Koans Unveiled: Engaging the Present Serial: RB-00851A Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Time, Study	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Ordinary Mind, Extraordinary Insight Serial: RB-00855 Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Manjushri, Practice	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Embodied Koans: Living Zen Action Serial: RB-00854 Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Culture, Compassion	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Embracing Zen: Beyond Thought and Form Serial: RB-00830 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Emptiness, Koan, Consciousness	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Breath: Bridge to Consciousness Serial: RB-00822 Seminar_Breath-Teaching,_The_Bridge_between_Body_and_Mind Breath, Koan, Practice	Richard Baker	May 1993 Münster
Breath's Journey to Inner Clarity Serial: RB-00825 Seminar_Breath-Teaching,_The_Bridge_between_Body_and_Mind Breath, Koan, Love	Richard Baker	May 1993 Münster
Beyond Divisions: Embracing Unified Consciousness Serial: RB-00828 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Koan, Consciousness, Culture	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Liberating Mind: Beyond Invisible Boundaries Serial: RB-00829 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Consciousness, Practice, Koan	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Zen Koans: Navigating Reality's Essence Serial: RB-00827 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Koan, Emptiness, Consciousness	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Harmonizing Mind and Body Awareness Serial: RB-00826 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Zen Mind Unveiled Through Meditation Serial: RB-00818 Seminar_Cooking_Your_Karma Koan, Practice, Meditation	Richard Baker	Apr 1993 Chiemsee
Leaking Compassion and Zen Insight Serial: RB-00817 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Koan, Bodhisattva, Practice	Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Weaving Reality: Zen and Consciousness Serial: RB-00814 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Breath, Practice, Koan	Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Zen Koans and Spiritual Friendship Serial: RB-00813 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Koan, Practice, Sangha	Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Zen's Fluid Dance of Enlightenment Serial: RB-01625B Talk_Koan_76 Enlightenment, Koan, Practice	Richard Baker	Jan 28 1993 Crestone
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
Zen Koans in Therapeutic Light Serial: RB-00847 Seminar_Therapist-Mind_Beginner´s-Mind Practice, Koan, Buddhism	Richard Baker	1993 Kassel
Embodied Reality Through Zen Practice Serial: RB-00836 Seminar_The_Price_of_Potatoes_in_Berlin Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	1993 Berlin
Silent Seats, Living Zen Serial: RB-00843 Seminar_Yaoshan_Ascends_the_Seat Koan, Consciousness, Time	Richard Baker	1993 Rastenberg
Awakening to the Miracle of Now Serial: RB-00845 Seminar_Yaoshan_Ascends_the_Seat Consciousness, Koan, Name	Richard Baker	1993 Rastenberg
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	Richard Baker	Sep 1992 Roseburg
Transcending Duality Through Zen Perception Serial: RB-00801 Sesshin Culture, Koan, Zazen	Richard Baker	Sep 1992 Roseburg

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