#koan — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #koan, aggregated by home.social.
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Easy As Pie God's own apple pie recipe. rustyring.blogspot.com/2026/05/easy... #astronomy, #CarlSagan, #dependentcoarising, #gratitude, #hermitpractice, #koan, #meditation, #Scientism, #Zen
Easy As Pie -
Easy As Pie
God's own apple recipe.
https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2026/05/easy-as-pie.html
#astronomy, #CarlSagan, #dependentcoarising, #gratitude, #hermitpractice, #koan, #meditation, #Scientism, #Zen
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What if the urge to escape discomfort is already part of the suffering?
In this teaching on Dongshan’s koan, Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon explores why Zen does not point to escape from heat and cold, pleasure and pain, or life’s conditions—but to meeting them without division.
Watch:
https://youtu.be/VyGCFyxU308What stands out to you in this koan?
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[ Manĝu Rizon Lavu la Bovlon ]
Finfine mia sezono finiĝis.
Mi rememoras pri la monaĥon serĉantan saĝon de majstro ... la zen-majstro anstataŭe demandis:
"Ĉu vi skiis la tuta sezono?"...
"Do portu viajn valizojn." !!!Kaj en tiu momento al mi ili sentis pli malpezaj.
~dolĉa kaj acida~
\eZ
#miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
#Esperanto #photography #photo
#winter #ski #skibum #endofseason #seasonend #travel #traveling #transit #publictransit #publictransport #koan #zen #zenkoan #MasterJoshu
#EatRiceWashBowl
#sweetandsour #bittersweet -
[ Manĝu Rizon Lavu la Bovlon ]
Finfine mia sezono finiĝis.
Mi rememoras pri la monaĥon serĉantan saĝon de majstro ... la zen-majstro anstataŭe demandis:
"Ĉu vi skiis la tuta sezono?"...
"Do portu viajn valizojn." !!!Kaj en tiu momento al mi ili sentis pli malpezaj.
~dolĉa kaj acida~
\eZ
#miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
#Esperanto #photography #photo
#winter #ski #skibum #endofseason #seasonend #travel #traveling #transit #publictransit #publictransport #koan #zen #zenkoan #MasterJoshu
#EatRiceWashBowl
#sweetandsour #bittersweet -
[ Manĝu Rizon Lavu la Bovlon ]
Finfine mia sezono finiĝis.
Mi rememoras pri la monaĥon serĉantan saĝon de majstro ... la zen-majstro anstataŭe demandis:
"Ĉu vi skiis la tuta sezono?"...
"Do portu viajn valizojn." !!!Kaj en tiu momento al mi ili sentis pli malpezaj.
~dolĉa kaj acida~
\eZ
#miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
#Esperanto #photography #photo
#winter #ski #skibum #endofseason #seasonend #travel #traveling #transit #publictransit #publictransport #koan #zen #zenkoan #MasterJoshu
#EatRiceWashBowl
#sweetandsour #bittersweet -
[ Manĝu Rizon Lavu la Bovlon ]
Finfine mia sezono finiĝis.
Mi rememoras pri la monaĥon serĉantan saĝon de majstro ... la zen-majstro anstataŭe demandis:
"Ĉu vi skiis la tuta sezono?"...
"Do portu viajn valizojn." !!!Kaj en tiu momento al mi ili sentis pli malpezaj.
~dolĉa kaj acida~
\eZ
#miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
#Esperanto #photography #photo
#winter #ski #skibum #endofseason #seasonend #travel #traveling #transit #publictransit #publictransport #koan #zen #zenkoan #MasterJoshu
#EatRiceWashBowl
#sweetandsour #bittersweet -
[ Manĝu Rizon Lavu la Bovlon ]
Finfine mia sezono finiĝis.
Mi rememoras pri la monaĥon serĉantan saĝon de majstro ... la zen-majstro anstataŭe demandis:
"Ĉu vi skiis la tuta sezono?"...
"Do portu viajn valizojn." !!!Kaj en tiu momento al mi ili sentis pli malpezaj.
~dolĉa kaj acida~
\eZ
#miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
#Esperanto #photography #photo
#winter #ski #skibum #endofseason #seasonend #travel #traveling #transit #publictransit #publictransport #koan #zen #zenkoan #MasterJoshu
#EatRiceWashBowl
#sweetandsour #bittersweet -
Ich werde nie vergessen, wie meine #KI #Alzheimer hatte.
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The final book in today's 🧵on Asia & the anglophone world: "American Koan" by Ben Van Overmeire - a study on the #zen #koan & self in #autobiographies by Natalie Goldberg, Peter Matthiessen, Philip Kapleau, Ruth Ozeki & others of #AmericanLiterature
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The final book in today's 🧵on Asia & the anglophone world: "American Koan" by Ben Van Overmeire - a study on the #zen #koan & self in #autobiographies by Natalie Goldberg, Peter Matthiessen, Philip Kapleau, Ruth Ozeki & others of #AmericanLiterature
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The final book in today's 🧵on Asia & the anglophone world: "American Koan" by Ben Van Overmeire - a study on the #zen #koan & self in #autobiographies by Natalie Goldberg, Peter Matthiessen, Philip Kapleau, Ruth Ozeki & others of #AmericanLiterature
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The final book in today's 🧵on Asia & the anglophone world: "American Koan" by Ben Van Overmeire - a study on the #zen #koan & self in #autobiographies by Natalie Goldberg, Peter Matthiessen, Philip Kapleau, Ruth Ozeki & others of #AmericanLiterature
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Street Level Zen: Captivity
What do we all hate for ourselves, but love for everybody else?
https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2026/03/street-level-zen-captivity.html
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What actually makes your decisions?
We say “the mind.”
But what is that?Zen uses koans to interrupt automatic thinking and point you back to something deeper than habit or narrative.
This short invites you to look directly.
▶️ Watch →
https://youtube.com/shorts/gUwMRoF_1Lg -
Zen Texte 27
Wuzus Taube
Der Gelehrte Yuan Zhan schrieb einst eine Abhandlung, die die Existenz von Geistern verneinte. Im Augenblick, als er damit fertig war und den Pinsel niederlegte, erschien ihm ein Geist, grüßte und fragte: „Nun, Gelehrter, was wirst du mit mir anstellen?“
Wuzu Fayan kommentierte: „Wäre mir der Dämon begegnet, hätte ich meine Hände um den Mund geformt wie zum Schnabel einer Bo-Taube und ‚Kuu! Kuu!‘ gerufen.“*
Nantang sagte: „Obwohl der Gelehrte wusste, dass es keine Geister gibt, kannte er den Grund dafür nicht. Obwohl Wuzu wusste, dass es keine Geister gibt, konnte er die Spuren nicht tilgen. Ich hätte es anders gemacht. Wäre mir der Geist grüßend und mit seiner Aufforderung entgegengetreten, hätte ich ihn angesehen und ‚Yan!‘ gerufen. Selbst wenn er der mächtige Dämonenkönig selbst gewesen wäre, hätte ich seinen Schädel in sieben Teile gespalten wie die Äste eines Arjaka-Baumes. Sag mir nun, was dieses Wort ‚Yan‘ bedeutet!“
* Die männliche Bo-Taube soll an Regentagen einen zunehmend schneller werdenden Ruf dieser Art von sich geben, um Weibchen zu verjagen.
https://der-asso-blog.blogspot.com/2016/11/neue-koan-sammlung-shumon-kattoshu.html
#assoBlogBlogspotCom #Koan #WuzusTaube #Zen -
Before your name.
Before your roles.
Before your story.Who were you?
▶️ Watch →
https://youtu.be/05Yut9bmS_c -
Most choices are made without certainty.
This Zen koan explores how to relate to not knowing—without panic, denial, or false confidence.A reflection on uncertainty, inquiry, and direct observation of mind.
▶️ Watch → https://youtu.be/kTRmU0vyzgw
#Zen #NotKnowing #Uncertainty #Koan #Awareness #Meditation #Clarity
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So this happened today which has put me in a right good mood for the weekend, in spite of a day of meetings…
Thanks @penfriendrocks!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/148699913?utm_campaign=postshare_fan
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In Zen, the mind decides.
But what is your mind?Koans don’t give answers.
They disrupt habits of thinking—
and open something deeper.A short reflection on Zen, meditation, and self-discovery.
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Christmas Koan
When is the Buddha not the Buddha?
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-koan.html
#Bodhidharma, #Buddha, #Chàn, #Christmas, #generosity, #hermitpractice, #Hotei, #koan, #monk, #SantaClaus, #Zen
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Christmas Koan
When is the Buddha not the Buddha?
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-koan.html
#Bodhidharma, #Buddha, #Chàn, #Christmas, #generosity, #hermitpractice, #Hotei, #koan, #monk, #SantaClaus, #Zen
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Christmas Koan
When is the Buddha not the Buddha?
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-koan.html
#Bodhidharma, #Buddha, #Chàn, #Christmas, #generosity, #hermitpractice, #Hotei, #koan, #monk, #SantaClaus, #Zen
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Christmas Koan
When is the Buddha not the Buddha?
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-koan.html
#Bodhidharma, #Buddha, #Chàn, #Christmas, #generosity, #hermitpractice, #Hotei, #koan, #monk, #SantaClaus, #Zen
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What is Zen, really?
Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a powerful evening of guided koan meditation and reflection. Discover how Zen points beyond thought—to direct experience, insight, and awakened awareness.
🎥 Watch live tonight 10/16 at 7PM ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkpnJ5hwI0📍In person: 86 Joy St, studio 5R - Somerville, MA
#Zen #Meditation #Awareness #Consciousness #Koan #DharmaTalk #Mindfulness #ZenArtCenter -
What is Zen, really?
Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a powerful evening of guided koan meditation and reflection. Discover how Zen points beyond thought—to direct experience, insight, and awakened awareness.
🎥 Watch live tonight 10/16 at 7PM ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkpnJ5hwI0📍In person: 86 Joy St, studio 5R - Somerville, MA
#Zen #Meditation #Awareness #Consciousness #Koan #DharmaTalk #Mindfulness #ZenArtCenter -
What is Zen, really?
Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a powerful evening of guided koan meditation and reflection. Discover how Zen points beyond thought—to direct experience, insight, and awakened awareness.
🎥 Watch live tonight 10/16 at 7PM ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkpnJ5hwI0📍In person: 86 Joy St, studio 5R - Somerville, MA
#Zen #Meditation #Awareness #Consciousness #Koan #DharmaTalk #Mindfulness #ZenArtCenter -
What is Zen, really?
Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a powerful evening of guided koan meditation and reflection. Discover how Zen points beyond thought—to direct experience, insight, and awakened awareness.
🎥 Watch live tonight 10/16 at 7PM ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkpnJ5hwI0📍In person: 86 Joy St, studio 5R - Somerville, MA
#Zen #Meditation #Awareness #Consciousness #Koan #DharmaTalk #Mindfulness #ZenArtCenter -
What is Zen, really?
Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a powerful evening of guided koan meditation and reflection. Discover how Zen points beyond thought—to direct experience, insight, and awakened awareness.
🎥 Watch live tonight 10/16 at 7PM ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkpnJ5hwI0📍In person: 86 Joy St, studio 5R - Somerville, MA
#Zen #Meditation #Awareness #Consciousness #Koan #DharmaTalk #Mindfulness #ZenArtCenter -
#Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) revitalized Japanese #Rinzai #Zen through rigorous #kōan practice, dynamic integration of #awakening into daily life, and innovative teaching methods. His emphasis on post-#satori training and outreach to #laypeople established a lasting legacy in Zen #pedagogy. Read more about his life and teachings in this new blog post
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-16-hakuin/
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#Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) revitalized Japanese #Rinzai #Zen through rigorous #kōan practice, dynamic integration of #awakening into daily life, and innovative teaching methods. His emphasis on post-#satori training and outreach to #laypeople established a lasting legacy in Zen #pedagogy. Read more about his life and teachings in this new blog post
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-16-hakuin/
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#Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) revitalized Japanese #Rinzai #Zen through rigorous #kōan practice, dynamic integration of #awakening into daily life, and innovative teaching methods. His emphasis on post-#satori training and outreach to #laypeople established a lasting legacy in Zen #pedagogy. Read more about his life and teachings in this new blog post
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-16-hakuin/
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#Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) revitalized Japanese #Rinzai #Zen through rigorous #kōan practice, dynamic integration of #awakening into daily life, and innovative teaching methods. His emphasis on post-#satori training and outreach to #laypeople established a lasting legacy in Zen #pedagogy. Read more about his life and teachings in this new blog post
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-16-hakuin/
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#Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) revitalized Japanese #Rinzai #Zen through rigorous #kōan practice, dynamic integration of #awakening into daily life, and innovative teaching methods. His emphasis on post-#satori training and outreach to #laypeople established a lasting legacy in Zen #pedagogy. Read more about his life and teachings in this new blog post
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-16-hakuin/
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The Grandfather Paradox It's easier to do stuff when you're born. rustyring.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-... #Buddhism, #cœnobite, #Esperanto, #FudoMyōō, #hermitpractice, #Hinduism, #India, #koan, #monastery, #paradox, #starfish
The Grandfather Paradox -
The Grandfather Paradox
It's easier to do stuff when you're born.
https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-grandfather-paradox.html
#Buddhism, #cœnobite, #Esperanto, #FudoMyōō, #hermitpractice, #Hinduism, #India, #koan, #monastery, #paradox, #starfish
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What was Bodhidharma really teaching?
Long before the legends, the Lidai Fabao Ji gave us the first full account of his journey to China, his silent transmission of mind, and a mysterious koan involving a hand and a fist.
Explore the original text, translation, and historical commentary:
👉 https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/zen-history-part-2-who-was-bodhidharma-ncx4y-h7lj8
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What was Bodhidharma really teaching?
Long before the legends, the Lidai Fabao Ji gave us the first full account of his journey to China, his silent transmission of mind, and a mysterious koan involving a hand and a fist.
Explore the original text, translation, and historical commentary:
👉 https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/zen-history-part-2-who-was-bodhidharma-ncx4y-h7lj8
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What was Bodhidharma really teaching?
Long before the legends, the Lidai Fabao Ji gave us the first full account of his journey to China, his silent transmission of mind, and a mysterious koan involving a hand and a fist.
Explore the original text, translation, and historical commentary:
👉 https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/zen-history-part-2-who-was-bodhidharma-ncx4y-h7lj8
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What was Bodhidharma really teaching?
Long before the legends, the Lidai Fabao Ji gave us the first full account of his journey to China, his silent transmission of mind, and a mysterious koan involving a hand and a fist.
Explore the original text, translation, and historical commentary:
👉 https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/zen-history-part-2-who-was-bodhidharma-ncx4y-h7lj8
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What was Bodhidharma really teaching?
Long before the legends, the Lidai Fabao Ji gave us the first full account of his journey to China, his silent transmission of mind, and a mysterious koan involving a hand and a fist.
Explore the original text, translation, and historical commentary:
👉 https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/zen-history-part-2-who-was-bodhidharma-ncx4y-h7lj8
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#Kōans are central to #Zen, especially in the #Rinzai tradition, serving as #meditative tools that disrupt conceptual thinking and provoke direct insight. Far from mere riddles, kōans catalyze a shift beyond dualistic thought, guiding practitioners toward non-conceptual realization. Here is a brief overview of their role and function in Zen practice:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-07-25-koans/
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#Kōans are central to #Zen, especially in the #Rinzai tradition, serving as #meditative tools that disrupt conceptual thinking and provoke direct insight. Far from mere riddles, kōans catalyze a shift beyond dualistic thought, guiding practitioners toward non-conceptual realization. Here is a brief overview of their role and function in Zen practice:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-07-25-koans/
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#Kōans are central to #Zen, especially in the #Rinzai tradition, serving as #meditative tools that disrupt conceptual thinking and provoke direct insight. Far from mere riddles, kōans catalyze a shift beyond dualistic thought, guiding practitioners toward non-conceptual realization. Here is a brief overview of their role and function in Zen practice:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-07-25-koans/
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#Kōans are central to #Zen, especially in the #Rinzai tradition, serving as #meditative tools that disrupt conceptual thinking and provoke direct insight. Far from mere riddles, kōans catalyze a shift beyond dualistic thought, guiding practitioners toward non-conceptual realization. Here is a brief overview of their role and function in Zen practice:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-07-25-koans/
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#Kōans are central to #Zen, especially in the #Rinzai tradition, serving as #meditative tools that disrupt conceptual thinking and provoke direct insight. Far from mere riddles, kōans catalyze a shift beyond dualistic thought, guiding practitioners toward non-conceptual realization. Here is a brief overview of their role and function in Zen practice:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-07-25-koans/
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In EN, the word "work" comes from "do." In FR, "torture." Think about the difference in perspective. I do. It comes up as a US leftist in France, trying to communicate my ideas. In Pravic (I recently finished The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin), same word for work & play. In Ecotopia, the protagonist remarked on how work and play seemed to go hand in hand. Think on that. It's a koan, maybe.
#leftism #ursulakleguin #buddhism #english #french #etymology #koan #thedispossessed #ecotopia #zen -
In EN, the word "work" comes from "do." In FR, "torture." Think about the difference in perspective. I do. It comes up as a US leftist in France, trying to communicate my ideas. In Pravic (I recently finished The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin), same word for work & play. In Ecotopia, the protagonist remarked on how work and play seemed to go hand in hand. Think on that. It's a koan, maybe.
#leftism #ursulakleguin #buddhism #english #french #etymology #koan #thedispossessed #ecotopia #zen -
In EN, the word "work" comes from "do." In FR, "torture." Think about the difference in perspective. I do. It comes up as a US leftist in France, trying to communicate my ideas. In Pravic (I recently finished The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin), same word for work & play. In Ecotopia, the protagonist remarked on how work and play seemed to go hand in hand. Think on that. It's a koan, maybe.
#leftism #ursulakleguin #buddhism #english #french #etymology #koan #thedispossessed #ecotopia #zen -
In EN, the word "work" comes from "do." In FR, "torture." Think about the difference in perspective. I do. It comes up as a US leftist in France, trying to communicate my ideas. In Pravic (I recently finished The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin), same word for work & play. In Ecotopia, the protagonist remarked on how work and play seemed to go hand in hand. Think on that. It's a koan, maybe.
#leftism #ursulakleguin #buddhism #english #french #etymology #koan #thedispossessed #ecotopia #zen