Zen Koans

Samurai Zen

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Zen in riddling form

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Shonan-katto-roku

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Women in the Warrior Koans

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Imai Fukuzan’s Introduction to Shonan-katto-roku

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Extracts from Imai Fukuzan’s Introduction to Warrior Zen

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The mirror of Enkakuji – Koan 1

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Hachiman asks to hear the dharma – Koan 2

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Saving Sajiwara’s Soul – Koan 3

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Daikaku’s one-word Sutra – Koan 4

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Bukko’s No-Word Sutra – Koan 5

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Daikaku’s One-Robe Zen – Koan 6

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Bukko’s Loin-Cloth Zen – Variant on Koan 6.

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The Bucket without a Bottom – Koan 7

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Jizo Stands Up – Koan 8

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Jizo coming out of the Hall – Koan 9

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The Well of Youth – Koan 10

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Putting out the fire in Hell Valley – Koan 11

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Rankei’s Shari Pearls – Koan 12

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The Deer at the Sermon – Koan 13

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The Snake round the Ginko Tree – Koan 14

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The Dragon Crest – Koan 15

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The Great Buddha of Hase – Koan16

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Numbering the Waves on Yui Beach – Koan 17

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Tokimune’s Thing below the Navel – Koan 18

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The Gate by which all the Buddhas come into the World – Koan 19

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The Rite of the Treasury of Space – Koan 20

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How Priest Isshin saved the Ghost – Koan 21

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Stopping the fighting across the River – Koan 22

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The Verse facing Death – Koan 23