Defenition of the word koan

• Defenition of the word koan

  • a paradoxical annecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning
  • a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning

Hypernyms for the word koan

• • problem

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