A koan, as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is "a paradox to be meditated upon that is used to train Zen Buddhist monks to abandon ultimate dependence on reason and to force them into ...

A koan is a riddle or puzzle that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters have been testing their students with ...

You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.

As defined by Dictionary.com, koan [koh-ahn] is a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.

Koan Meditation Koans are questions or statements, often paradoxes, that provoke spiritual understanding. They are often used by masters as a way of teaching pupils, and also to test enlightenment.

David Weinstein, Marriage & Family Therapist, Oakland, CA, 94602, (510) 661-3683, I will interrupt you a lot. That's what a meditation practice does, it interrupts our stories about ourselves and ...

Meditation (if practiced diligently) has the power to strip away the trivialities of life. It makes you realize how spastic your mind is, and it makes you question how much energy and emotion is ...