koan 的定义
plural ko·ans, ko·an.Zen.
- a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
更多koan例句
- A famous koan asks the novitiate to describe her face before she was born.
- This is one of the meanings of the famous Zen koan, “If you see the Buddha on the road, kill him.”
- This is a Zen koan of American political thought, a perfect yin and yang.
- The question of how to combat 9/11 amnesia while moving forward can feel like a Zen koan.