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1104 - Events. September 3 - St. Cuthbert reburied in the Durham Cathedral The Venice Arsenal, is founded in Venice. Alfonso I of Aragon becomes King of Aragon and Navarre. Historian Guibert of Nogent becomes abbot of Notre Dame de Nogent. Baldwin I of Jerusalem captures Acre. Baldwin II, count of Edessa, is taken prisoner by the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Harran; Tancred becomes regent. Kilij Arslan I, Sultan of Rüm, starts a war with the Danishmend ...

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Koan is a Japanese rendering of the Chinese term (公案), transliterated kung-an (Wade-Giles) or gōng'àn (Pinyin). Chung Feng Ming Pen (中峰明本 1263-1323) wrote that kung-an is an abbreviation for kung-fu an-tu (公府之案牘, Pinyin gōngfǔ àndú, pronounced in Japanese as ko-fu no an-toku), which referred to a "public record" or the "case records of a public law court"4 in Tang-dynasty China. Koan/kung-an thus serves as a metaphor for principles of reality that go beyo ...

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Koan, Koan - Examples, Koan - Roles of the koan in Zen practice, Koan - Etymology and the evolving meaning of koan, Koan - The role of koans in the Soto Rinzai and other sects, Koan - Interpretation of koans, Koan - The sound of one hand, Koan - The Gateless Gate, Koan - Other traditional koans, Koan - Contemporary koans

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The Japanese calendars prior to 1873 were derived from the Chinese. Japan adopted the Chinese calendar in 645. To convert a Japanese year to a Western year, find the first year of the nengō (=era name, see list below). When found, subtract 1, and add the number of the Japanese year. For example, the 23rd year of the Showa Era (Showa 23) would be 1948 ... 1926 − 1 = 1925, then 1925 + 23 = 1948. 645 大化 Taika 650 白雉 Hakuchi (era) 686 朱鳥 Shuchō 701 ...

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Japanese era name, Japanese era name - Overview, Japanese era name - Historical nengō, Japanese era name - Nengō in Modern Japan, Japanese era name - Conversion table from nengō to Gregorian calendar years, Japanese era name - Unofficial nengō system 私年号

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A koan (pronounced /ko.an/) is a story, dialog, question, or statement in the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects that are inaccessible to rational understanding, yet that may be accessible to Intuition. Koans are often used by Zen practitioners as objects of meditation to induce an experience of enlightenment or realization, and by Zen teachers as testing questions when a student wishes to ...

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• Koan - Examples
• Koan - Roles of the koan in Zen practice
• Koan - Etymology and the evolving meaning of koan
• Koan - The role of koans in the Soto Rinzai and other sects
• Koan - Interpretation of koans
• Koan - The sound of one hand
• Koan - The Gateless Gate
• Koan - Other traditional koans
• Koan - Contemporary koans

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