The shared center — held across the tradition
The koan breaks thought open.
A question with no reasonable answer, held until reason gives way.
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Awakening arrives like a shout.
Kensho is sudden — the Rinzai hall is loud on purpose.
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Cosmos & Afterlife
how reality is built, and what follows deathAfter death
Rebirth, until awakening