TED-EdZen kōans: unsolvable enigmas designed to break your brain - Puqun Li
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2018 • E78 Aug 16, 2018 10mHow do we explain the unexplainable? This question has inspired numerous myths, religious practices and scientific inquiries. But Zen Buddhists practicing throughout China from the 9th to 13th century asked a different question – why do we need an explanation? Puqun Li details the bewildering and ambiguous philosophical thought experiments these Buddhists called Zen kōans.
Lesson by Puqun Li, directed by Cabong Studios
Lesson by Puqun Li, directed by Cabong Studios