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Meaning of koans




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

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Plural of koan . In Zen culture, it is a problem that the teacher poses to his student to assess his progress.

  




Carlos Mario Zapata Sañdo

Koans are irregular statements or racicocinios used in Zen or Japanese Buddhism.

  



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