| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:puzzle gptkb:Buddhist_monk
 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | gptkb:Hakuin_Ekaku gptkb:Linji_Yixuan
 gptkb:Dahui_Zonggao
 gptkb:Wumen_Huikai
 gptkb:Zhaozhou_Congshen
 
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                                | gptkbp:category | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Zen_Buddhism
 Buddhist terminology
 
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                                | gptkbp:etymology | Public case 
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                                | gptkbp:goal | Break habitual thinking Direct experience of reality
 Realize Buddha-nature
 Transcend rational thought
 
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                                | gptkbp:languageOfOrigin | gptkb:Chinese Japanese
 
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                                | gptkbp:method | gptkb:narrator gptkb:public_speaker
 Question and answer
 Statement
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCollection | gptkb:Blue_Cliff_Record gptkb:Book_of_Equanimity
 gptkb:Gateless_Gate
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableExample | gptkb:Mu_(Zhaozhou's_dog) Original face before birth
 What is the sound of one hand clapping?
 
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                                | gptkbp:originatedIn | gptkb:China gptkb:Tang_dynasty
 
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                                | gptkbp:purpose | Meditation aid Spiritual training
 Test of enlightenment
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedConcept | gptkb:Enlightenment gptkb:meditation
 gptkb:paradox
 gptkb:Buddhist_monk
 Spiritual awakening
 Student-teacher dialogue
 
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                                | gptkbp:studiedBy | Monks Laypeople
 Zen practitioners
 
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                                | gptkbp:translatedInto | gptkb:Gong'an_(Chinese) gptkb:Kong-an_(Korean)
 Công án (Vietnamese)
 
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                                | gptkbp:usedIn | gptkb:Zen_Buddhism gptkb:Sōtō_school
 gptkb:Chan_Buddhism
 gptkb:Rinzai_school
 gptkb:Korean_Seon_Buddhism
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Emperor_Go-Uda 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 4 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Kōan 
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