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Ben Van Overmeire

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Scholarly Works - Books


American koan: Imagining Zen and self in autobiographical literature

Book · October 17, 2024 How American Buddhists use Zen riddles to imagine who they are The koan is one of the most recognizable East-Asian spiritual exercises-a thought experiment in the form of a riddle or puzzle that Zen Buddhists employ to become enlightened. Well-known exampl ... Cite