The Zen Studies Podcast
The Zen Studies Podcast
Domyo Burk
236 - Spiritual Inquiry Part 5: Koans and Awakening
38 minutes Posted Apr 19, 2023 at 6:32 pm.
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Awakening Inquiry is aimed at awakening to what I’ve been calling Reality-with-a-Capital-R. How do we inquire into aspects of Reality we have not yet even imagined? How do we even know what we don’t know? How can we see what we have not yet seen? How do we even know where to look? In Zen, we do this through the use of koans, whether those are traditional koans or natural ones. I discuss the nature of awakening inquiry and how to find koans to focus your practice.