Ask Lewis: What is a Zen Kōan?
<p>A<strong>kōan is a question, story, dialogue, or statement often supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Zen practice to provoke the initial insight of Zen students. Prolonged koan study shatters small-minded identification, and pride that comes with initial insight, and promotes further development of empathy, compassion, insight, and <em>“Beginner’s Mind.”</em></strong></p>
<p>The most famous compilations of kōans are the <em>Blue Cliff Record, the Book of Equanimity, The Gateless Gate, </em>and the <em>Collection of Stone and Sand.</em> One of my teachers used to update some of these kōans for 20th-century consumption.</p>
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