Kōan | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Kōan


00:00:18 1 Etymology
00:02:21 2 Origins and development
00:02:30 2.1 China
00:02:39 2.1.1 Commenting on old cases
00:03:32 2.1.2 Literary practice
00:04:54 2.1.3 Observing the phrase
00:06:39 2.1.4 Interaction
00:07:50 2.1.5 Contemporary koan-use
00:08:11 2.2 Japan
00:08:30 2.2.1 Koan manuals
00:10:38 2.2.2 Contemporary koan curricula
00:11:11 2.2.3 Suppression in the Sōtō-school
00:11:54 3 Doctrinal background
00:13:40 4 Koan-practice
00:14:30 4.1 Hua-tou or breakthrough-koan
00:16:16 4.2 Insight
00:18:34 4.3 Testing insight - or learning responses
00:18:45 4.3.1 Sassho – Checking questions
00:19:36 4.3.2 Jakugo – Capping phrases
00:20:02 4.4 Post-satori practice
00:20:37 5 Varieties in koan-practice
00:20:47 5.1 Chinese Chán and Korean Seon
00:21:56 5.2 Japanese Rinzai
00:22:11 5.2.1 Importance of koan-study
00:24:12 5.2.2 Koan curricula
00:28:13 5.2.3 Post-satori practice
00:30:08 5.2.4 Breathing practices
00:30:49 5.3 Japanese Sōtō
00:31:46 5.4 Sanbo Kyodan and White Plum Asanga
00:33:00 6 Classical kōan collections
00:33:56 6.1 The Blue Cliff Record
00:34:20 6.2 The Book of Equanimity
00:35:15 6.3 The Gateless Gate
00:35:53 6.4 The True Dharma Eye
00:37:23 7 Examples of traditional kōans
00:37:33 7.1 Does a dog have Buddha-nature
00:38:25 7.2 The sound of one hand
00:39:24 7.3 Original Face
00:39:46 7.4 Killing the Buddha
00:40:32 7.5 Other koans
00:41:26 8 See also



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A kōan (公案) (; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn, [kʊ́ŋ ân]; Korean: 공안 gong-an; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement which is used in Zen practice to provoke the "great doubt" and test a student's progress in Zen practice.