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Koan

speaker

Meaning

Noun

In Buddhism:
A
about a Zen
and his
, sometimes like a
,
like a
, which has become an
of Zen study, and which, when
upon, may
in the Zen
’s
to satori.
A
with no
, used to
on the
of
, and to lead to enlightenment.
A
used by Traditional Chinese
or
to
a
patients
of
that has been
as the
cause of a
or disease.
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Mandarin Chinese
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