Word: koan Word origin: Japanese, literally ‘matter for public thought’, from Chinese gōngàn ‘official business’. Phonetic: ˈkəʊɑːn Listen:
a paradoxical anecdote or riddle without a solution, used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and provoke enlightenment.
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