Skip to content
  • Home
  • Videos
    • First Steps
    • Stories
    • Yoga Perspectives
    • Essential Life Skills
    • Spiritual Development
    • Devotional Yoga
    • Yoga in Daily Life
  • Talks
    • Higher Yogas Classes
    • Yoga Basics
    • Bhakti Yoga
    • Sri Ramakrishna
    • Go Farther with Meditation
    • Theme of the Month
    • Devotional Chants
  • Writings
    • Yoga as a Spiritual Path
    • Discover the Miracle of Prayer
    • Keys to Higher Consciousness
    • Growing on the Path
    • Relating with Spirit
    • Spiritual Living
    • Interviews
  • Courses
    • Introducing Courses
    • Online Seminars
    • Online Retreats
    • Initial Mysteries
  • Explore
    • Lifelines
    • Topics
    • Yoga Terms
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Favorites
    • Recent Additions
  • About
    • Ramakrishna Ananda
    • Why Are We Doing This Now?
    • Our Ideals
    • Get Updates
    • Contact Us
    • Terms and Privacy
Menu
  • Home
  • Videos
    • First Steps
    • Stories
    • Yoga Perspectives
    • Essential Life Skills
    • Spiritual Development
    • Devotional Yoga
    • Yoga in Daily Life
  • Talks
    • Higher Yogas Classes
    • Yoga Basics
    • Bhakti Yoga
    • Sri Ramakrishna
    • Go Farther with Meditation
    • Theme of the Month
    • Devotional Chants
  • Writings
    • Yoga as a Spiritual Path
    • Discover the Miracle of Prayer
    • Keys to Higher Consciousness
    • Growing on the Path
    • Relating with Spirit
    • Spiritual Living
    • Interviews
  • Courses
    • Introducing Courses
    • Online Seminars
    • Online Retreats
    • Initial Mysteries
  • Explore
    • Lifelines
    • Topics
    • Yoga Terms
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Favorites
    • Recent Additions
  • About
    • Ramakrishna Ananda
    • Why Are We Doing This Now?
    • Our Ideals
    • Get Updates
    • Contact Us
    • Terms and Privacy
  • Share
RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

Zen Aids for Awakening

Explore how Zen koans can help release mental turbulence

Yogis want to have a calm, clear mind. Zen koans are designed to clear the mind. They help to bypass the ego and can open us to spiritual insights.

Stories
  • Zen employs koans to awaken us to Spirit
  • Koans are questions or phrases which can force us to a greater awareness of reality. A few koans are nonsense syllables which perplex the mind
  • Koans are designed to push the mind aside and get us unstuck
  • Koan:  to lose yourself is to find yourself
  • Koan:  the wave and the sea are one

Appreciate Koans

Yogis from time to time take the help of Zen or other scriptures from around the world as inspiration points, as opportunities to go deeper on one’s own path. Yogis have great appreciation for the koans of Zen.

Watch Next

0:35
We are sharing yoga with all humanity
19:50
Find greater meaning by opening to the Divine within you
11:46
How to become a more dynamic yoga practitioner
Which drives power our instincts and actions?
1. To know
1. To know
Yes, but there is a better answer. Try Again.
2. To go on
2. To go on
Yes, but there is a better answer. Try Again.
3. To dominate others
3. To dominate others
Yes, but there is a better answer. Try Again.
4. To be free
4. To be free
Yes, but there is a better answer. Try Again.
5. All of the above
5. All of the above
Correct
Hear more about how to identify the drives behind your actions and how to find positive ways to fulfill them.

New This Week

Explore how the Tao can help you know Spirit
Awaken your kundalini
Learn how to have better, deeper meditations
Home > Videos > Stories > Zen Aids for Awakening
Next
  • Home
  • Videos
  • Talks
  • Writings
  • Courses
  • Explore
  • About
  • Search
  • Home
  • Videos
  • Talks
  • Writings
  • Courses
  • Explore
  • About
  • Search
© Copyright 2023 Yoga World Fellowship
  • Terms and Privacy
  • Sitemap

How to Succeed

As you may know, we do not charge for our courses. All Yoga World content is free and available to you with our blessings. However, we do have a simple, but important request that’s key to the transformations necessary to succeed on the path.

We ask you to commit two hours a week to selfless service. This service can be anything you choose ranging from helping a family member or neighbor to volunteering at a nonprofit organization.

I Commit to Serve

This commitment is solely between you and your inner self.

Why the Commitment?

Share with a Friend

NOTE:  We will not share your information with third parties.