Before I consider your answers in themselves, I have to note that they seem to quite contradict what my interlocutor in the quoted discussion was saying. Do you agree? Was the person I was talking to simply wrong (confused, misinformed, or something) about how koans (and Zen generally) work? Or what?
Yes. I think, based on the quoted text, they partially but don’t fully understand koans, or understand koans in a limited way as presented within some traditions.
Thank you for answering.
Before I consider your answers in themselves, I have to note that they seem to quite contradict what my interlocutor in the quoted discussion was saying. Do you agree? Was the person I was talking to simply wrong (confused, misinformed, or something) about how koans (and Zen generally) work? Or what?
Yes. I think, based on the quoted text, they partially but don’t fully understand koans, or understand koans in a limited way as presented within some traditions.