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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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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.

What is japa?
1. An easy way to increase devotion
1. An easy way to increase devotion
True, but there is a better answer.
2. Reverently repeating God’s name
2. Reverently repeating God’s name
True, but there is a better answer.
3. Meditative repetition of a mantram
3. Meditative repetition of a mantram
True, but there is a better answer.
4. All of the above
4. All of the above
Correct
Hear more about how the practice of japa increases devotion and concentration.

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