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Kufū

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Kufū ; Lit. a device, sometimes used as a synonym for Kōan (q.v.).


The ‘spiritual birth-pangs’ (Suzuki) of seeking a way out of the blind alley created by thought.

It is seeking to pass through a narrow gate by dropping the self which cannot get through the opening.

See Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture, p. 178.


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