1) Buddhist terminology 
V. Sōgen Hori describes the process of the kōan training as follows: `Rinzai monasteries in Japan vary in the way they conduct kōan practice, but in the Myōshin-ji–Daitoku-ji branch, when a monk has passed a kōan the Zen teacher will instruct him to bring a `capping phrase” ... The monk selects a verse or phrase that expresses the insi......