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ko·an  audio  (kän) KEY 

NOUN:
A puzzling, often paradoxical statement or story, used in Zen Buddhism as an aid to meditation and a means of gaining spiritual awakening.
ETYMOLOGY:
Japanese kan : k, public (from Middle Chinese kw) + an, matter


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