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Zen is the worst at this so I will focus on Zen koans here. The purpose of a koan is not to have deep meaning and wisdom. The purpose is to be nonsensical, and for you to focus on meaninglessness until you empty your mind of meaning. That is its stated goal, and it is demonic.
Not endorsing everything this guy says--far from it--but I'll leave this bit here: