Koan (disambiguation)
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Kōan
Kōan is a case, story, dialog, question, or statement in the history and lore of Zen Buddhism.
Kōan may also refer to:
- Kōan (Kamakura period), a Japanese era (1278-1288)
- Kōan (Muromachi period), a Japanese era (1361-1362)
- Emperor Kōan, the 6th emperor of Japan
- Kōan, a member of the Black Moon Clan from Sailor Moon R
- Kōan (公安), an abbreviation for any of the following public security agencies:
- In Japan:
- Public Security Intelligence Agency
- Public Security Examination Commission
- National Public Safety Commission (Japan)
- Maritime Public Safety Agency
- former Railway police of Japan, currently known as the Railway Police Force
- Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
- In Japan:
Music
- Koan (program), an algorithmic music software package
- Koan (album), an album by Stephan Micus
- Koan, a musical composition by James Tenney
- KOAN Sound, a glitch-hop duo from Bristol, UK
- Koan, Ethno-chillout / ambient / electronica project of two friends (Russia, since 1993)
Other
- Hacker koan, a humorous anecdote written by hackers about computer science
- KOAN-LP, a television station in Anchorage, Alaska
- KOAN (AM), a radio station in Anchorage, Alaska
- The Koan, a modern sculpture at the University of Warwick
- Koan, a software program that works with Cobbler (software)
gollark: I was saying "aargh a browser" to <@509348730156220427>.
gollark: Oh no. Another browser...
gollark: <@301092081827577866> Out of curiosity what are you looking at redneT for?
gollark: I have some code for sender-verified turtle control.
gollark: It was the serious suggestion that you, if you will, read what is known as the "documentation", the standard method for discovering functionality available in software.
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