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Crossword-Solution: KOANS 5 letters, 10 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

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KOANS anagram ASKNO, ASOKN, KAONS, KONAS, SANKO

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Zen riddles meant to provoke enlightenment 1 answer
Questions in "The Gateless Gate" 1 answer
Riddles with no real answer 1 answer
Some paradoxical questions 1 answer
Sources of Zen enlightenment 1 answer
Zen paradoxes 1 answer
Zen riddles 1 answer
Zen teaching techniques 1 answer
Zen teaching tools 1 answer
buddhist riddles 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERTA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Unscramble KOANS5-letter words that start with K5-letter words that end in S5-letter words containing OA5-letter words containing NS5-letter words with K and O

Sentences with KOANS (5)

Even as the advent of the microcomputer and other trends fueled a tremendous expansion of hackerdom, the File (and related materials such as the AI Koans in Appendix A) came to be seen as a sort of sacred epic, a hacker-culture Matter of Britain chronicling the heroic exploits of the Knights of the Lab.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
Compare {Vulcan nerve pinch}, {bounce}, and {boot}, and see the AI Koan in "{A Selection of AI Koans}" (in {appendix A}) about Tom Knight and the novice.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
Even as the advent of the microcomputer and other trends fueled a tremendous expansion of hackerdom, the File (and related materials such as the Some AI Koans in Appendix A) came to be seen as a sort of sacred epic, a hacker-culture Matter of Britain chronicling the heroic exploits of the Knights of the Lab.
The New Hacker's Dictionary version 4.2.2 Various editors 2002
Node:has the X nature, Next:hash bucket, Previous:hardwired, Up:= H = has the X nature [seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans of the form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?"] adj.
The New Hacker's Dictionary version 4.2.2 Various editors 2002
Hackers are very fond of the koan form and compose their own koans for humororous and/or enlightening effect.
The New Hacker's Dictionary version 4.2.2 Various editors 2002

Quotes with KOANS (1)

Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.
Martha Beck
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Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 14 times in crossword archives (2001–2024).