What is immediately evident in koans is their function of blocking thought. In reality, it is unattainable to find a logical answer to the puzzles they represent. Faced with the koans, thought finds no ways of get right of entry to, no points to cling to.
Another striking characteristic of koans is their paradoxicality. But this paradox is only apparent. They allude to an easy reality which can also be directly experienced; it’s only the screen of the dualistic mind that deprives us of its perception.
All koans have one and only purpose: to lead to enlightenment.
Enlightenment is the knowledge of one’s true being, knowledge that may be on a regular basis obscured by the mental constructions of discriminating thought.
To overcome the illusion generated by the undue domination of the mind, with its causal and spatio-temporal schemes, the koans offer glimpses of a different vision, in which it is conceivable to return to recognizing the freedom and unity of the whole.
Another striking characteristic of koans is their paradoxicality. But this paradox is only apparent. They allude to an easy reality which can also be directly experienced; it’s only the screen of the dualistic mind that deprives us of its perception.
All koans have one and only purpose: to lead to enlightenment.
Enlightenment is the knowledge of one’s true being, knowledge that may be on a regular basis obscured by the mental constructions of discriminating thought.
To overcome the illusion generated by the undue domination of the mind, with its causal and spatio-temporal schemes, the koans offer glimpses of a different vision, in which it is conceivable to return to recognizing the freedom and unity of the whole.
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