A kōan (/ˈkoʊæn, -ɑːn/ KOH-a(h)n; Japanese: 公案; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn [kʊ́ŋ ân]; Korean: ganhaw; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question...

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)...

Emperor Kōan (孝安天皇, Kōan-tennō), also known as Yamatotarashihikokunioshihito no Mikoto (大倭帯日子国押人命) was the sixth legendary emperor of Japan, according...

KOAN Sound (/ˈkoʊən/ KOH-ən; named after the word kōan) is an English electronic music production duo from Bristol, consisting of Will Weeks and Jim Bastow...

tools (SSEYO Koan Pro and SSEYO Koan X), a set of stand-alone Koan Music players (SSEYO Koan Plus, SSEYO Koan File Player and SSEYO Koan Album Player)...

Soto traditions, koans were studied and commented on, for example Hongzhi published a collection of koans and Dogen discussed koans extensively. However...

KOAN (1080 AM) is a commercial radio station in Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned by Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera del Fin. Its studios are located on Business...

The Battle of Kōan (弘安の役, Kōan no eki), also known as the Second Battle of Hakata Bay, was the second attempt by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China to...

Ogata Kōan (緒方 洪庵, August 13, 1810 – July 25, 1863) was a Japanese physician and rangaku scholar in late Edo period Japan, noted for establishing an academy...

the breath (anapanasati), mentally repeating a phrase (which could be a koan, a mantra, a huatou or nianfo) and a kind of open monitoring in which one...

Kōan (弘安) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kenji and before Shōō. This period spanned the years from February 1278 through April...

The koan kroach (Khmer: កូនក្រក, literally dried child) is an esoteric Khmer amulet made from mummified fetuses "obtained from the forced removal of the...

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). Chinese...

first anime adaptation. They are first introduced in chapter #14 "Black Moon Kōan – Sailor Mars", first published in Nakayoshi on March 3, 1993. In the DIC...

A kong koan (Chinese: 公館; pinyin: gōngguǎn; Dutch: Chinezen Raad; Indonesian: Raad Tjina) or "chinese council", was a high government body in the major...

stagnation, focusing on rigorous training methods integrating meditation and koan practice. Hakuin was born in 1686 in the small village of Hara, at the foot...

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...

"Who is the Master that Sees and Hears" is a kōan-like form of self-inquiry practiced in the Zen tradition. It is best known from the 14th-century Japanese...

for structures ("koans") to follow, and the other players (the "Students") try to discover it by building and studying various koans which follow or break...

The White Koan is a modern art sculpture by Liliane Lijn which is installed outside the back entrance to the Warwick Arts Centre. The Koan is 6 metres...

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...

Kōan (康安) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Enbun and before...

Tiong Hoa Hwee Koan (THHK, simplified Chinese: 中华会馆; traditional Chinese: 中華會館; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Huìguǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hôa Hōe-koán; lit. 'The Chinese...

tremendous expansion of hackerdom, the File (and related materials like the AI Koans in Appendix A) came to be seen as a sort of sacred epic, a hacker-culture...

Coan wine is wine from the Greek island of Kos, and in particular a style of wine invented there in classical antiquity that was known for its saltiness...

The Public Security Intelligence Agency (公安調査庁, kōanchōsa-chō) is the domestic intelligence agency of Japan. It is administered by the Ministry of Justice...

sometimes translated as The Gateless Gate, is a collection of 48 Chan (Zen) koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai...

Anapanasati Samatha Vipassanā (Vipassana movement) Shikantaza Zazen Tukdam Koan Ganana Mandala Tonglen Tantra Tertön Terma Merit Mindfulness Mindful Yoga...

station was switched over to Business Radio, and its call sign changed to KOAN. The predominant reason for the move of the modern rock format to the FM...

History of the Koan and Koan Study in Rinsai (Lin-Chi) Zen. Harcourt, Brace & World. LCCN 66010044. Kubose, Gyomay M. (1973). Zen Koans. Chicago: H. Regnery...