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A kōan ( KOH-a(h)n; Japanese: 公案; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn [kʊ́ŋ ân]; Korean: 화두; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement from Chinese Chan Buddhist lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Zen Buddhist practice in different ways. The main goal of kōan practice in Zen is to achieve kenshō (Chinese: jianxing 見性), to see or observe one's buddha-nature.

Extended study of kōan literature as well as meditation (zazen) on a kōan is a major feature of modern Rinzai Zen. They are also studied in the Sōtō school of Zen to a lesser extent. In Chinese Chan and Korean Seon Buddhism, meditating on a huatou, a key phrase of a kōan, is also a major Zen meditation method.

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Title	Speaker	Date
Compassionate Consciousness Beyond Duality Serial: RB-00911 Seminar_The_Distance_Between_Us Compassion, Practice, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Kassel
Silent Gestures and Zen Paradoxes Serial: RB-00899 Seminar_The_Sealed_Mind Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	1994 Roseburg
Unveiling The Unborn Mind Serial: RB-00901 Seminar_The_Sealed_Mind Practice, Enlightenment, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Roseburg
Buffalo Meditation: Journey Beyond Self Serial: RB-00853A Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Time, Zazen	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Nanshuan's Blade: Action Meets Insight Serial: RB-00853B Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Cutting Through Compassionate Complexity Serial: RB-00852 Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Precepts, Time	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Awakening Through Koans: A Journey Serial: RB-00851B Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Book of Serenity, Work	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Unlocking Koans Through Personal Insight Serial: RB-00856 Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Zen Koans: Bridging East and West Serial: RB-00859B Sesshin Practice, Koan, Dharmakaya	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Koans Unveiled: Engaging the Present Serial: RB-00851A Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Time, Study	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Ordinary Mind, Extraordinary Insight Serial: RB-00855 Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Manjushri, Practice	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Embodied Koans: Living Zen Action Serial: RB-00854 Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Culture, Compassion	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
Embracing Zen: Beyond Thought and Form Serial: RB-00830 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Emptiness, Koan, Consciousness	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Breath: Bridge to Consciousness Serial: RB-00822 Seminar_Breath-Teaching,_The_Bridge_between_Body_and_Mind Breath, Koan, Practice	Richard Baker	May 1993 Münster
Breath's Journey to Inner Clarity Serial: RB-00825 Seminar_Breath-Teaching,_The_Bridge_between_Body_and_Mind Breath, Koan, Love	Richard Baker	May 1993 Münster
Beyond Divisions: Embracing Unified Consciousness Serial: RB-00828 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Koan, Consciousness, Culture	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Liberating Mind: Beyond Invisible Boundaries Serial: RB-00829 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Consciousness, Practice, Koan	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Zen Koans: Navigating Reality's Essence Serial: RB-00827 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Koan, Emptiness, Consciousness	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Harmonizing Mind and Body Awareness Serial: RB-00826 Seminar_Please_Bring_Me_Six_Flowers Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	May 1993 Sinsheim
Zen Mind Unveiled Through Meditation Serial: RB-00818 Seminar_Cooking_Your_Karma Koan, Practice, Meditation	Richard Baker	Apr 1993 Chiemsee
Weaving Reality: Zen and Consciousness Serial: RB-00814 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Breath, Practice, Koan	Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Zen Koans and Spiritual Friendship Serial: RB-00813 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Koan, Practice, Sangha	Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Leaking Compassion and Zen Insight Serial: RB-00817 Seminar_Book_of_Serenity_Koan_1 Koan, Bodhisattva, Practice	Richard Baker	Feb 1993 Sinsheim
Zen's Fluid Dance of Enlightenment Serial: RB-01625B Talk_Koan_76 Enlightenment, Koan, Practice	Richard Baker	Jan 28 1993 Crestone Zen Mountain Center
Zen Koans in Therapeutic Light Serial: RB-00847 Seminar_Therapist-Mind_Beginner´s-Mind Practice, Koan, Buddhism	Richard Baker	1993 Kassel
Embodied Reality Through Zen Practice Serial: RB-00836 Seminar_The_Price_of_Potatoes_in_Berlin Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	1993 Berlin
Silent Seats, Living Zen Serial: RB-00843 Seminar_Yaoshan_Ascends_the_Seat Koan, Consciousness, Time	Richard Baker	1993 Rastenberg
Awakening to the Miracle of Now Serial: RB-00845 Seminar_Yaoshan_Ascends_the_Seat Consciousness, Koan	Richard Baker	1993 Rastenberg
Embodied Zen Awakening Through Presence Serial: RB-00800 Sesshin Koan, Culture, Time	Richard Baker	Sep 1992 Roseburg
Transcending Duality Through Zen Perception Serial: RB-00801 Sesshin Culture, Koan, Zazen	Richard Baker	Sep 1992 Roseburg
Embracing Fluid Reality Through Zen Serial: RB-00791 Seminar_Buddhahood_and_the_Establishment_of_the_Two_Truth Koan, Bodhisattva, Zazen	Richard Baker	Jul 03 1992 Rastenberg
Illuminating the Inner Zen Journey Serial: RB-00773A Sesshin Buddhism, Koan, Wisdom	Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Embracing Chaos in Zen Practice Serial: RB-00770A Sesshin Practice, Buddhism, Koan	Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Stillness Embodies Zen's Completeness Serial: RB-00770B Sesshin Practice, Koan, Posture	Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Evolving Zen Practice in Europe Serial: RB-00773B Sesshin Practice, Lay Ordination, Koan	Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Sangha: Beyond the Self, Together Serial: RB-00772A Sesshin Sangha, Koan, Time	Richard Baker	Jun 1992 Roseburg
Silent Path to Non-Dual Wisdom Serial: RB-03726 Seminar_Vimalakirti`s_Silence Silence, Manjushri, Koan	Richard Baker	Feb 04 1992
Koans and the Art of Being Serial: RB-00799A Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Time, Koan, Enlightenment	Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Awakening in Tang Dynasty Zen Serial: RB-00798B Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Practice, Koan, Meditation	Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Blurring Boundaries Through Zen Practice Serial: RB-00799B Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Time, Ceremony, Koan	Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Zen Stream: Flowing Mindfulness Everyday Serial: RB-00805 Seminar_The_Living_Stream_of_Consciousness_and_Awareness Practice, Koan, Posture	Richard Baker	1992 Münster
Zen Koans: Agents of Transformative Change Serial: RB-00798A Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Time	Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Zen Koans: Pathways to Presence Serial: RB-00797 Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Enlightenment	Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Language Beyond Words: Zen Insights Serial: RB-00808 Seminar_The_Living_Stream_of_Consciousness_and_Awareness Time, Koan, Practice	Richard Baker	1992 Münster
Embracing the Art of Not-Knowing Serial: RB-00795 Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Offering, Silence	Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Awakening Through Zen Practice Stages Serial: RB-00806 Seminar_The_Living_Stream_of_Consciousness_and_Awareness Practice, Time, Koan	Richard Baker	1992 Münster
Flowing Beyond Words Serial: RB-00807 Seminar_The_Living_Stream_of_Consciousness_and_Awareness Practice, Koan, Buddhism	Richard Baker	1992 Münster
Beyond Words: Experiencing Zen Awakening Serial: RB-00796 Seminar_ Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Practice, Enlightenment	Richard Baker	1992 Roseburg
Zen Pathways: Reimagining Western Ideas Serial: RB-00746 Sesshin Practice, Emptiness, Koan	Richard Baker	Sep 1991 Roseburg
Zen's Dance: Emptiness and Form Serial: RB-00747 Sesshin Practice, Emptiness, Koan	Richard Baker	Sep 1991 Roseburg

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