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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.

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  • 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.

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