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Zen kōans: unsolvable enigmas designed to break your brain - Puqun Li

How do we explain the unexplainable? This question has inspired numerous myths, religious practices and scientific inquiries. But Zen Buddhists practicing throughout China from the 9th to 13th century asked a different question – why do we need an explanation? Puqun Li details the bewildering and ambiguous philosophical thought experiments these Buddhists called Zen kōans. Lesson by Puqun Li, directed by Cabong Studios

English
  • Originally Aired August 16, 2018
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Created September 8, 2018 by
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