Zen Buddhism Meditation Koans

A Zen koan can refer to stories, parables, small statements or even a few words of a phrase that reference a larger story used in the practice of Zen Buddhism. They may be taken from the sayings or accounts of Buddhist teachers from the past or they may originate from modern day. Koans can be studied from a historical or literature perspective or contemplating them can form part of meditative practice.

Meditating on a Zen koan is meant to help the person transcend daily thought patterns to arrive at a more enlightened mental place. Koans can pose questions or puzzles that tend to resist being “solved” by rational thought. Rather, they need to be experienced and pondered to create greater spiritual awareness.

Zen Buddhism Meditation Koans Android Application presents the koans in simple yet useful way. Also include some Zen Meditation music to help better understanding of the koans. Hope can help in your Zen Meditation practice.

Zen Buddishm Koans

A Cup of Tea

Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road

Is That So?

Obedience

If You Love, Love Openly

No Loving-Kindness

Announcement

Great Waves

The Moon Cannot Be Stolen

The Last Poem of Hoshin

The Story of Shunkai

Happy Chinaman

A Buddha

Muddy Road

Shoun & His Mother

Not Far from Buddhahood

Stingy in Teaching

A Parable

The First Principle

A Mother’s Advice

The Sound of One Hand

My Heart Burns Like Fire

Eshun’s Departure

Reciting Sutras

Three Days More

Trading Dialogue for Lodging

The Voice of Happiness

Open Your Own Treasure House

No Water, No Moon

Calling Card

Everything Is Best

Inch Time Foot Gem

Mokusen’s Hand

A Smile in His Lifetime

Every-Minute Zen

Flower Shower

Publishing the Sutras

Gisho’s Work

Sleeping in the Daytime

In Dreamland

Joshu’s Zen

The Dead Man’s Answer

Zen in a Beggar’s Life

The Thief Who Became a Disciple

Right & Wrong

How Grass & Trees Become Enlightened

The Stingy Artist

Accurate Proportion

Black-Nosed Buddha

Ryonen’s Clear Realization

Sour Miso

Your Light May Go Out

The Giver Should Be Thankful

The Last Will & Testament

The Tea-Master & the Assassin

The True Path

The Gates of Paradise

Arresting the Stone Buddha

Soldiers of Humanity

The Tunnel

Gudo and the Emperor

In the Hands of Destiny

Killing

Kasan Sweat

The Subjugation of a Ghost

Children of His Majesty

What Are You Doing! What Are You Saying!

One Note of Zen

Eating the Blame

The Most Valuable Thing in the World

Learning To Be Silent

The Blockhead Lord

Ten Successors

True Reformation

Temper

The Stone Mind

No Attachment to Dust

Real Prosperity

Incense Burner

The Real Miracle

Just Go To Sleep

Nothing Exists

No Work, No Food

True Friends

Time to Die

The Living Buddha & the Tubmaker

Three Kinds of Disciples

How To Write a Chinese Poem

Zen Dialogue

The Last Rap

The Taste of Banzo’s Sword

Fire-Poker Zen

Storyteller’s Zen

Midnight Excursion

A Letter to a Dying Man

A Drop of Water

Teaching the Ultimate

Non-Attachment

Tosui’s Vinegar

The Silent Temple

Buddha’s Zen

Zen Meditation Music

A Quivering Leaf, Ask the winds

After the Snow, The Fragrance

Is Not All Alone

Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra

Sanzen

The Murmuring Sound of the Mountain Stream

To Drift Like Clouds

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