That's what the ancient Zen Koans demonstrate over and over again. To answer a Koan needs intuition and creativity, not logic and intellect. For each Koan an answer is given to show that the Koan-questions and its answers are not logically connected. There are six different subjects ancient Zen riddles or Koans deal with.
If you want to find out about this "dogma" in Zen go to Sounds strange for people normally use their rational thinking to solve a problem.īut in Zen only an intuitive, creative solution of Koans is accepted. They train creative, intuitive problem solving. Mumon Ekai).īut there are much earlier Koans too. Most Zen Koans were written or collected in 11th to 15th century China.Ī famous example is the "Mumonkan", a book with 48 Koan, published by Chan master Wumen Huikai (jap.
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