"Koan-A technical term used in Zen Buddhism referring to enigmatic or paradoxical questions used by teachers to develop students intuition. Also refers to religious problems encountered in daily life." i think they are fun and give good lessons so here :D
hey guys here are some koan websites
http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/eric.boix/Koan/Hekiganroku/index.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl
http://www.nozen.com/koans.htm
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Cheers for those....some of them do make my head buzz though :)
I think the koans on that third site are more parables etc rather than koans in the strictest sense of the word.
I think the koans on that third site are more parables etc rather than koans in the strictest sense of the word.
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Hmm. I don't get it. I just read this one:
What is the point?
Love Openly
Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain zen master.
Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a letter, insisting on a private meeting.
Eshun did not reply. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group and when it was over, Eshun arose. Addressing the one who had written her, she said, "If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now."
What is the point?
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My interpretation is that one should show love out loud and not hide it
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Oh. I thought of that but it seemed too obvious.
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I thought a koan was supposed to be an 'enigmatic or paradoxical question'. Instead it sounds like a moral tale with a missing punchline ("... and then one of the monks stands up and yells 'that's not Eshun! That's my wife!"). Therefore, I share Jon's confusion.
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well there are some koans that are easy and basically koans teach lessons and there for give you enlightenment
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