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koan

C2 noun
us /ˈkoʊ.ɑn/

koan /ˈkəʊ.ɑːn/ nghĩa là công án

Các nghĩa

  1. công án

    A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable or parable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.

    The Traveling Salesman Problem is a pertinent koan among computer scientists.

  2. công án

    A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.

    Gibberish. Or else a koan that Achtfaden isn’t equipped to master, a transcendent puzzle that could lead him to some moment of light.

    As always the koan “Why, Why am I here, why here” begins in her head, but she beats it back like a housewife with a broom.

  3. công án trị liệu

    A therapy technique used by Traditional Chinese medicinal physicians or medical practitioners to break a presenting patients habitual pattern of thinking that has been diagnosed as the primary cause of an illness or disease.

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