Description
What is immediately evident in koans is their function of blocking thought. In fact, it is impossible to find a logical answer to the puzzles they represent. Faced with the koans, thought finds no ways of access, no points to cling to.
Another striking characteristic of koans is their paradoxicality. But this paradox is only apparent. They allude to a very simple reality which can be directly experienced; it is only the screen of the dualistic mind that deprives us of its perception.
All koans have one and only purpose: to lead to enlightenment.
Enlightenment is the knowledge of one’s true being, knowledge that is usually obscured by the mental constructions of discriminating thought.
To overcome the illusion generated by the undue domination of the mind, with its causal and spatio-temporal schemes, the koans offer glimpses of a different vision, in which it is possible to go back to recognizing the freedom and unity of the whole.
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Author/Artist:PATRINI, CLAUDIO
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ASIN: B0C1J2N4LB
VSKU: BVV.B0C1J2N4LB.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:PATRINI, CLAUDIO
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use