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language:en;Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/zen-koans-unsolvable-enigmas-designed-to-break-your-brain-puqun-li How do we explain the unexplainable? This question has inspired numerous myths;religious practices and scientific inquiries. But Zen Buddhists practicing throughout China from the 9th to 13th century asked a different question – why do we need an explanation? Puqun Li details the bewildering and ambiguous philosophical thought experiments these Buddhists called Zen kōans. Lesson by Puqun Li;directed by Cabong Studios. Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Stephanie Perozo;Marc Bilodeau;Ruby Solorzano;Ivan Tsenov;Claudia Mayfield;Pavel Zalevskiy;Yankai Liu;Duo Xu;Ghassan Alhazzaa;Miloš Stevanović;Joy Love Om;Gi Nam Lee;Shawn Quichocho;Simone Kidner;Anika Westburg;Barun Padhy;Brandy Jones;Devin Harris;Tony Trapuzzano;Stephen Michael Alvarez;Tom Lee;Juliana;Jason Weinstein;Kris Siverhus;Alexander Walls;Annamaria Szilagyi;Morgan Williams;Abhijit Kiran Valluri;Mandeep Singh;Sama aafghani;سلطان الخليفي;Marylise CHAUFFETON;Marvin Vizuett;Jayant Sahewal;Quinn Shen;Caleb ross;Elizabeth Cruz;Elnathan Joshua Bangayan;Gaurav Rana;Mullaiarasu Sundaramurthy;Jose Henrique Leopoldo e Silva;Dan Paterniti;Jerome Froelich;Tyler Yoshizumi;and Martin Stephen.;Education;TED;TED-Ed;TED Ed;Teded;Ted Education;Puqun Li;Cabong Studios;zen kōans;China;Buddhists;religion;philosophy