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Koan Talks
A kōan ( KOH-a(h)n; Japanese: 公案; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn [kʊ́ŋ ân]; Korean: 화두; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement from Chinese Chan Buddhist lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Zen Buddhist practice in different ways. The main goal of kōan practice in Zen is to achieve kenshō (Chinese: jianxing 見性), to see or observe one's buddha-nature.
Extended study 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 a lesser extent. In Chinese Chan and Korean Seon Buddhism, meditating on a huatou, a key phrase of a kōan, is also a major Zen meditation method.
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Zen Of Business AdministrationSerial: SF-00036 Sunday Talk. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Daily Life, Koan... |
Mar 20 2005 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday LectureSerial: SF-00948 Buffalo passing through window koan. Farm and draft horses at GGF Time, Koan, Tassajara |
Jul 09 2003 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Interview, Mill Valley, Birth-and-Death, Koan, Bell, Vow, Faith, Liberation, Delusion... |
May 21 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, zen meditation, Mindfulness, Religion, Koan, resistance, Letting Go,... |
May 17 1998 Green Gulch |
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Zendo Talk Practice, Koan, Buddha |
Nov 22 1989 Unknown |
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Mumonkan Case #25 Buddha, Koan, Time |
Oct 03 1989 Unknown |
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Awakening Through Huineng's Koan Practice, Koan, Zazen |
Sep 11 1989 Green Gulch |
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Five-day Sesshin Koan, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha |
Aug 30 1989 Unknown |
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Beyond Duality: Unveiling the Original FaceSerial: SF-04067 Duplicate Practice, Zazen, Koan |
Aug 11 1989 Green Gulch |
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The First Grave Precept: Not Killing Precepts, Peace, Koan |
Aug 04 1983 SFZC |
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Bring Me The Rhinoceros FanSerial: SF-05086 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #21, by Shundo David Haye ===== For whatever reason, there are few talks existing from the summer of 1968. At... Koan, Faith, Freedom |
Jul 28 1968 Tassajara |
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Because I Was Not WellSerial: SF-05143A SR023 Track 1 Suzuki Roshi's afternoon sesshin 4-23-68 copied [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's... Sesshin, Koan, Ordinary Mind, everyday mind, Faith, Composure, Doubt, Religion... |
Apr 23 1968 A Tassajara |
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On Chanting, Sokei-AnSerial: SF-01135 Tape 4 copy 2 - duplicate Time, Chanting, Koan |
Mar 01 1966 Kyoto |