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A kōan (/ˈkoʊæn, -ɑːn/ KOH-a(h)n; Japanese: 公案; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn ; Korean: 화두; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement from Chinese Chan Buddhist lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Chan, Zen, Seon and Thiền Buddhist practice in different ways. The main goal of kōan practice in Zen is to achieve…
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| Philip Kapleau | instance of | 15 from The Gateless Gate and thereafter earning his dharma name Ikkyū.Facing criticism by Buddhists | 0.80 | text |
| D | instance of | 15 from The Gateless Gate and thereafter earning his dharma name Ikkyū.Facing criticism by Buddhists | 0.80 | text |
| hitting | instance of | encounter-dialogue stories depicting bizarre antics | 0.80 | text |
| shouting are best understood as caricatures which tell us less about the Chan masters who are their subjects than the motives of the people who created them | instance of | encounter-dialogue stories depicting bizarre antics | 0.80 | text |
| as they | instance of | encounter-dialogue stories depicting bizarre antics | 0.80 | text |
| Koan | related to Academic criticism | An | 0.60 | section |
| Koan | related to Academic criticism | It | 0.60 | section |
| Koan | related to Academic criticism | However | 0.60 | section |
| Koan | related to Academic criticism | Mario Poceski | 0.60 | section |
| Koan | related to Academic criticism | Tang-era | 0.60 | section |
| Koan | related to Academic criticism | Such | 0.60 | section |
| Koan | related to Academic criticism | Chan | 0.60 | section |
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