Kohoan
Kohoan is a Japanese term that refers to a type of koan, a riddle or paradox used in Zen Buddhist practice. Koans are not meant to be solved through logical reasoning but rather through intuition and direct experience. They are designed to break down the practitioner's conventional thinking and lead to a deeper understanding of reality.
The word "kohoan" itself can be translated as "public case" or "case in point." This suggests that
The purpose of working with a kohoan is to exhaust the analytical mind. By confronting an unanswerable