Attribution

Important note: All the posts on this blog were written by Bob Harwood (AKA 'zendancer') on the forum spiritualteachers.proboards.com. I have merely reposted a collection of them in blog format for the convenience of seekers. Some very small mods were made on occasion to make posts readable outside of the forum setting they were made in.

Koans cut through semantic confusion

...with the concreteness of a Zen stick. Ha ha! 

With neither words nor silence how do you greet an enlightened woman if you meet her on the path?
(silently pantomines a hug, or a wave, or a handshake, or a bow, etc)

What is the ultimate existential meaning of a bird taking a dump on your head?
(silently pantomines wiping head while saying "YUCK! with a sick look on face)

When deciding between which of two cold beers you want to drink, is or is not free will involved?
(pantomines drinking a beer while saying "Slurp!")

Is getting hit with a Zen stick a thought or something actual?
(Whap! Whap! Whap!)

What was Ramana's most important teaching?
(silently half-smiles at questioner without responding)

See how simple and easy this would be? We could cut through all the verbiage and instantly determine whether someone understands what's going on or not.