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
Za-Zen

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