Title: Koan - Wikipedia
Headings: Koan
Koan
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Contents
Etymology
Origins and development
China
Commenting on old cases
Literary practice
Observing the phrase
Interaction
Contemporary koan-use
Japan
Koan manuals
Contemporary koan curricula
Suppression in the Sōtō-school
Doctrinal background
Koan-practice
Hua-tou or breakthrough-koan
Insight
Testing insight – or learning responses
Sassho – Checking questions
Jakugo – Capping phrases
Post-satori practice
Varieties in koan-practice
Chinese Chán and Korean Seon
Japanese Rinzai
Importance of koan-study
Koan curricula
Post-satori practice
Breathing practices
Japanese Sōtō
Sanbo Kyodan and White Plum Asanga
Classical kōan collections
The Blue Cliff Record
The Book of Equanimity
The Gateless Gate
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Examples of traditional kōans
Does a dog have Buddha-nature
The sound of one hand
Original Face
Killing the Buddha
Other koans
See also
Buddhism
Notes
References
Book references
Web references
Sources
Further reading
External links

Content: gōng'àn; Wade–Giles: kung-an; lit. ' public case'). The term is a compound word, consisting of the characters 公 "public; official; governmental; common; collective;