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Koans : How We Work with Them, How They Work on Us

Published in Buddhadharma (Summer 2015)
"What's so astonishing and beautiful about koans is that they aren't intended to describe something to us or even teach us something but to invite us to take them into our lives so that we can experience the same state of consciousness as the characters in the story."