{"id":36449,"date":"2022-03-16T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/?p=36449"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:30:34","slug":"koans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/koans.html","title":{"rendered":"Koans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Koans come from Zen Buddhism<\/a>, but everyone is free to compose their own. These short poems are not addressed to the mind. Their role is to disrupt the mechanics of thought. To empty the head. To propel the reader into the unsustainable brilliance of the diamond lightning<\/a>. Let the uninhibited one thus open. The awakening<\/a> stands just behind.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I find it hard to understand why so many authors try to slip their instructions after each koan quoted. Any comment can only cancel the benefit of the koan. The opposite would be better. Quote a koan without glorifying. And bang! Take this in the teeth, tell me if you see the diamond.<\/p>\n

Zen or not, here are the raw koans, without salad, without bullshit, without mind, without thought. They are halfway between Zen and Sufism, like the Mullah Nasruddin<\/a>. Feast on them, they are to be read again without moderation.<\/p>\n

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\nMusic, Maestro!<\/h4>\n

Out of nowhere, the mind comes up.<\/p>\n

Everything is clear, you go astray. Come at night, you wake up.<\/p>\n

Nice feeling that comes from less.<\/p>\n

When two hands clap, a sound is emitted. Listen to the sound with one hand.<\/p>\n

I walk on the path which is no longer the path but the walk.<\/p>