#koans — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #koans, aggregated by home.social.
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Undertake a journey
I took [Judith Wright’s] reply to mean that for certain kinds of knowledge you have to undertake a journey. It isn’t like pouring water into a bucket—a process by which neither water nor bucket is much changed—It seemed that if I took this journey I would be utterly changed. And before setting out, I couldn’t predict what that change would be.
~ John Tarrant, from Bring Me the Rhinocerosslip:4a1566.
#Books #JohnTarrant #Koans #Quotes -
#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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Zen koans paradoxically use language to demonstrate the absurdity and futility of language in recognising the nature of mind.
#absurdity #futility #koans #language #mind #paradox #recognition #Zen
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Koans are the seeds of Zen. Meditation is a way to cultivate the seeds. #zen #zenmaster #dharma #philosophy #spirituality #mind #koans #zenseeds https://youtube.com/shorts/7qWbYFw_L1Y
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What separates us from the universe? Leave your thoughts in the comments. @buddhism @dharma @dhamma #zen #zenmaster #dharma #meditation #buddhism #mind #spirituality #selfhelp #knowledge #wisdom #philosophy #spiritualjourney #mind #brain #awakening #buddhist #meditate #koans https://youtu.be/LsO6U9rmPu4
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Where is your mind? Leave your thoughts in the comments. @buddhism @dharma @dhamma #zen #zenmaster #dharma #meditation #buddhism #mind #spirituality #selfhelp #knowledge #wisdom #philosophy #spiritualjourney #mind #brain #awakening #buddhist #meditate #koans https://youtube.com/shorts/BiZCdAsUAy8
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How to Control JavaScript's Strict Mode
https://jskatas.org/blog/2023/10/16-control-strict-mode/
#ycombinator #javascript #learning #coding #kata #es6_katas #koans #training #practice #exercises #challenges #programming_skills #code_kata #tests #unit_tests #course -
How to Control JavaScript's Strict Mode
https://jskatas.org/blog/2023/10/16-control-strict-mode/
#ycombinator #javascript #learning #coding #kata #es6_katas #koans #training #practice #exercises #challenges #programming_skills #code_kata #tests #unit_tests #course -
How to Control JavaScript's Strict Mode
https://jskatas.org/blog/2023/10/16-control-strict-mode/
#ycombinator #javascript #learning #coding #kata #es6_katas #koans #training #practice #exercises #challenges #programming_skills #code_kata #tests #unit_tests #course -
@David_Epithet oh thank you :blobcateyes: :blobheartraccoon: I did not know about #koan or #koans before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan
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💫 Virtual Adepts: Virtual Adept Koans, stories intended to teach young Adepts. http://mage.gearsonline.net/anders/factions/virtualadepts/koans.html #virtualadepts #magetheascension #koans #wod #worldofdarkness
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“Vim is eternally beautiful,” protested the poet. “It is a worthy subject for an ode.”
“Vim is not permanent. nvi is not permanent. vi itself is not permanent, only vi-nature. Emacs has vi-nature, nano has vi-nature, even Notepad has vi-nature. You narrow your sights, you grow attached, and hence you do not grasp the true value of your poem’s subject. You must leave. Come back when you have mastered Emacs.”
The poet left, deeply ashamed. He never returned.
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I think "koan"-style tutorials are a great way to kick the tires on a new programming language -- you're presented with suites of failing tests, and by fixing the tests you're taken on a tour of the language.
I helped convert the #CommonLisp #koans to #EmacsLisp awhile back -- if you like TDD and want to learn elisp tis a solid resource.
https://github.com/jtmoulia/elisp-koans
(annnd happy to provide support if things break, honestly haven't brushed the dust off it in a bit)
