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concept:zen-koan-practiceZen koan practice
Contemplative tradition using contradiction and paradox to challenge habitual response patterns; methodological inspiration.
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- Koan Batteryassociated_withimplementsAssessment framework for measuring introspection and self-observation in LLMs; grounded in Janus's architectural theory.
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- reflective mode accessibilityassociated_withCore construct measured by the battery: behavioral traces correlating with contemplative depth, not claims about consciousness.
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- Use of paradoxical riddles to jolt practitioners out of habitual conceptual thinking.
- School of Buddhism known for koans and paradoxical teachings; invoked through Huang Po and Lin-chi.
- Empirical techniques for reducing sense of reified self; show documented benefits in well-being, social connectedness, and prosocial behavior.
- The Zen concept of a state beyond ego and conceptual thought, equated by Alexander with reaching the I through truly pleasing oneself.
- A Zen meditation technique for interrupting the mind's self-construction and thought generation.
- Meditative training that progressively opacifies the self-environment partition by modelling QRF dynamics.
- Nangaku's retort from the tile-polishing koan in Dogen's Shobogenzo, illustrating the impossibility of overcoming the human by remaining human.
- The quality of gardens that brings us in touch with the orderly-yet-uncontrollable, wild-yet-cultivated nature of life.