Crossword-Solution: KOANS
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| KOANS | anagram | ASKNO, ASOKN, KAONS, KONAS, SANKO |
We have 10 clues for the answer “KOANS”
| Clue | Answers |
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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
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AERA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Hackers are very fond of the koan form and compose their own koans for humororous and/or enlightening effect.
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.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (2001–2024).