The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Zen Buddhism Koan Study Pages Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek The purpose of this document, which is a part of the Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library and of the Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library, is to provide comprehensive and factual information about the koans (J.) as used in the Zen training. Any updated information, corrections or comments will be ...

Artificial Intelligence Koans (Contributed by scott@vidox.com) A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing spoke sternly: You can not fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong. Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked. One day a student came to Moon and ...

Zen Koans Transcending Duality Every Day Is a Good Day Unmon said: I do not ask you about fifteen days ago. But what about fifteen days hence Come, say a word about this! Since none of the monks answered, he answered for them: Every day is a good day. No Cold and Heat A monk asked Tozan, How can we escape the cold and heat Tozan replied, Why not go where there is no cold and heat Is ...