Koan [UK]

A '' ( ;}} ; ; ; ) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement from the Chinese Chan Buddhist lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Zen Buddhist practice in different ways. The main goal of practice in Zen is to achieve ('seeing one's true nature').'
Extended study of literature as well as meditation () on a is a major feature of modern Rinzai Zen. They are also studied in the Sōtō school... meer