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...

Transmission and the Kung-an (Koan) Tradition", in Steven Heine; Dale S. Wright (eds.), The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University...

101 Zen Stories is a 1919 compilation of Zen koans including 19th and early 20th century anecdotes compiled by Nyogen Senzaki, and a translation of Shasekishū...

The wild fox kōan, also known as "Pai-chang's fox" and "Hyakujō and a Fox", is an influential kōan story in the Zen tradition dating back as early as 1036...

sayings of Zen-masters, and the koan-literature. Contrary to the popular image, literature does play a role in the Zen-training. Unsui, Zen-monks, "are...

a koan as an object of meditation. While koan practice is generally associated with the Rinzai school and Shikantaza with the Sōtō school, many Zen communities...

(2005b), The Steps of Koan Practice. In: John Daido Loori,Thomas Yuho Kirchner (eds), Sitting With Koans: Essential Writings on Zen Koan Introspection, Wisdom...

Established in 1999, Pacific Zen's stated mission is to "create a culture of transformation through meditation, koans, conversation, and the arts." Its...

Gateless Gate, is a collection of 48 Chan (Zen) koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai (無門慧開; Japanese: Mumon...

Look up koan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A kōan is a type of text or utterance in Zen Buddhism. Koan may also refer to: Kōan (Kamakura period)...

a 13th-century collection of Zen kōan, uses the word wu or mu in its title (Wumenguan or Mumonkan 無門關) and first kōan case ("Zhao Zhou's Dog" 趙州狗子)....

(Mumonkan) Ten Bulls Centering (Vigyan Bhairav Tantra) 101 Zen Stories is a 1919 compilation of Zen koans including 19th and early 20th century anecdotes compiled...

William (2006b), Koan practice. In: John Daido Loori (ed)(2006), "Sitting with koans. Essential writings on the practice of Zen koan introspection", Boston:...

(2006). Koan practice. In: "Sitting with Koans". Ed. John Daido Loori. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, p. 94. Lachs, Stuart (2006), The Zen Master...

Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries. Counterpoint. p. 1. ISBN 9781582437439. Thomas Cleary. "The Issue at Hand by Eihei Dogen". The Zen Site. Retrieved...

American teacher of Zen Buddhism in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition, which is rooted in Japanese Sōtō and incorporates Rinzai-school koan-study. He also strongly...

The following is a list of kōans attributed to the Zen master Yunmen Wenyan. Ummon inquired of his monks, "This world is such a wide world! Why then do...

("associate zen master"), and shōshike ("authentic zen master"). Junshikes can give dokusan, authorize kensho, and supervise part of the koan-study. Shoshikes...

and hears?" is a kōan-like form of self-inquiry practiced in the Zen tradition. It is best known from the 14th-century Japanese Zen Master Bassui Tokushō...

Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan Japanese Zen...

Goodbye Lover Rev. Finlayson 1998 Celebrity John Papadakis 2003 Judge Koan Zen Master (Voice) Also Executive Producer 2008 Phyllis and Harold N/A Executive...

Western students early in the 1960s, founding the Zen Center of Los Angeles in 1967. After studying koans with Hakuun Yasutani and lay-teacher Koryū Osaka...

Buddhism. As Heinrich Dumoulin puts it, "For Zen practice in general, seated meditation and the practice of kōan are central, while cultic ceremony is of...

(1999), The Ta of Zen, Edison, NJ: Alva Press Heine, Steven (2008), Zen Skin, Zen Marrow Isshū, Miura; Sasaki, Ruth F. (1993), The Zen Koan, New York: Harcourt...

ontmoeting van Zen met het Westen, Asoka: Asoka Samy, Ama (2014). "Kapitel 12: Koan, Hua-t'ou und Kensho". ZEN – Der große Weg ist ohne Tor [ZEN – The Great...

classic collections of koans such as The Gateless Barrier. The Gateless Barrier was assembled by the early 13th-century Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai....

100 Precept Koans. According to Ichikawa Hakugen, Yasutani was "a fanatical militarist and anti-communist". Brian Victoria, in his book Zen at War, places...

"Sitting Quietly, Doing Nothing," "Za-zen and the Koan," and "Zen and the Arts." Watts traces the origin of Zen Buddhism as a synthesis of Chinese Taoism...

Eigen-ji, a Zen Buddhist temple located in modern-day Shiga prefecture, was founded by Sasaki Ujiyori. Its first Abbot was Jakushitsu Genko. 1362 (Kōan 2): Hosokawa...

koan. Like so many koans, it is painfully baffling: How could an enlightened Zen master have spouted such hatred and prejudice? The nub of this koan,...