koan

Etymology
From, which was from.

Noun

 * 1)  A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
 * 2) A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.
 * 3) A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.
 * 1) A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.
 * 1) A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.
 * 1) A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 公案
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cóán
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Russian:
 * Vietnamese: công án


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: aporia,
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
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Etymology
From, from , from (literally, "public case").

Noun

 * 1) shell, seashell