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6 Aug 2017, 3:22 pm
Nearly all popular books about Buddhism are rich in poetic quotation and arresting aphorisms, those ironic koans that are part of the (Zen) Buddhist décor—tales of monks deciding that it isn’t the wind or the flag that’s waving in the breeze but only their minds. [read post]
5 Feb 2013, 7:43 am by Stephen D. Rosenberg
The question itself sounds like a Zen koan and, phrased as I just have, almost as unanswerable. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 9:35 am
Digital Koans has a good overview and citations to a number of online articles and reports. [read post]
19 Feb 2011, 5:56 pm by StephanieWestAllen
In this retreat, prominent scientists and scholars will explore the koan of the basic or original nature of mind from the perspectives of Buddhist theory and practice, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind. [read post]
8 Jun 2008, 2:22 pm
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15 Jun 2007, 10:24 am
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15 Jun 2007, 9:10 am
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14 Oct 2010, 9:32 am by Jamie Spencer
But as I started tapping out the Must Wash Hands Mystery post, it occurred to me that my fake riddle was more like a koan. [read post]
5 Jun 2008, 12:57 pm
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11 Oct 2011, 8:27 am by Stephen D. Rosenberg
Comparing the two examples creates sort of a koan for fiduciaries of any plan: be the latter, not the former. [read post]
2 Mar 2008, 1:02 pm
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5 Apr 2011, 2:03 pm by brian
Nirvana is all at once the best band I've heard in my life, deep metal riffs repeated as relentlessly as beats on a hip-hop record, washes of guitar white noise, Cobain bellowing punk koans in a rasp that seems to fragment into chords, like Sonny Rollins overblowing a saxophone, like a Tuvan throat singer -- like a skinny kid unaware of anything but the stink of his own noise, unaware that voices can be blown out like overstressed amps. [read post]
12 May 2014, 8:05 am by StephanieWestAllen
As a former practicing attorney and longtime meditator, this koan intrigues me. [read post]