KOAN

Religion has been embedded in our culture system as histories and narrative. So what is religion, religion is a believe that concerns the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency. Most religion but not all believe in that there is one supreme being, the creator of everything which is God. But what is a being, a being can be anything it can be a chair, a car anything. It may mean that God exist in one way or another in a…

Truth number two titled, “Perfection is Normal”, talks about how. In one point of the koan, it talks about how it would be wiser to worry about a meteor crashing on your computer than to worry about a character being wrong in an email because of computer error. I agree that in some aspects of computers, we should not worry about whether if will fail or not and if it does then you compromise and find another way to do it When you send a bit, it detects if there is an error and corrects the error…

Throughout the song “Help!” by the Beatles, the singer is directly calling for assistance to get back up for the hardships in life that have brought him down. Related to the protagonist from Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Holden is also in need of help. The lyrics: “Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me”, demonstrates the singers signal for assistance, since he is pleading for guidance. Holden’s main hardships throughout the course of the book were fearing…

suggests how Teddy can be less perturbed by death because he does not focus on the logicality of death, but on the posthumous spiritual development that comes with a new life. This call for action goes beyond the scope of the story as it connects with the Koan that is introduced in the epigraph. Throughout the book, it is probable that the readers would have tried to answer “what is the sound of one hand clapping?” by tediously analyzing the text. However, the closest that the audience can get…

Buddhism in China has overcome many contradictions and barriers in order to fully develop in China. Due to the contrast of Confucianism and Daoism, Buddhism was pushed to adapt to the Chinese lifestyle by worshipping ancestors and joining China’s hierarchical system. Now, Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in Asia and has expanded to many different forms across Southeast Asia. In specific, the Chinese lifestyle and culture has been greatly impacted by Buddhism such as the schools and…

Metaphor and Symbolism in Passing the Wide River Monkey is a story wrought with metaphor and symbolism. In the final stretch of the travelers’ journey, they are faced with a wide river which they must pass in order to meet with Buddha. This river is no mere body of water, and their crossing is no mere voyage; both are packed full of various literary devices. Beginning with the river’s , the metaphors extend to the thin bridge, the bottomless boat, the floating body, and finally the interactions…

Pure Land) to reach enlightenment ties more closely to original Mahayana Buddhism. Ch’an meditation also attains its roots in Mahayana Buddhism. And while most believe Ch’an to be a difficult lonely process with no aid, this is simply not true. Koans, discipline, and direction are all tools used by a Zen master to teach a student how to become truly enlightened. Ch’an students, through these historical traditions and immense amount of dedication use these tools as part of their experience in…

Conflict: an analysis of how the World Religions traditions have been known to handle conflict Conflict can arise in many different forms, within different people or groups. Based on people’s origins there are several places to look at conflict and its resolution such as religion. In Hinduism and Judaism, both religions are forced to resolve conflict in various areas, but most prominently with invading peoples and ideologies. Both religions have been known to handle this conflict in a similar…

will not know when it will strike. Satori is the experience of enlightenment, meaning is the knowledge of awareness and the unity of one’s self and everything around him. Sitting for hours on in meditating it called zazen which is a Zen technique. Koan is a technique that requires you to ponder. It’s a question that is not easily to answer and you must use to…

You could stumble down the rabbit hole and say that all teachers also have a teacher, which is their fountain, and so on, but I think that leads to a circular logic that ultimately leads nowhere except, perhaps, to a nice Zen kōan and a philosophy degree. I will in no way say that it originated with martial arts, but among those who practice them, we have a bit of an unofficial saying, “After you have progressed to a certain point, the only way to learn and understand more…