YES, Pasha, yes, I think that allusion is important and it does illustrate the sound of one hand clapping, will On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Pasha Paterson wrote: > The "meaning" of a Zen koan is implicitly opaque, and thus never revealed > in the _Nine_, but Salinger cleverly alludes to it in "Teddy" when Teddy > "clapped his hand against his ear" to get the water out of it. > > > At 04:02 11/02/98 -0500, Paul Janse wrote: > >Can anyone explain the meaning of the zen koan about the sound of one hand > >clapping (the motto of Nine Stories)? The first time I read it I found it > >witty and interesting, but the more I think about it, the more meaningless > >it becomes to me. Or is this exactly its point? > > ________________________________________________________ > > G.H.G.A.Paterson (804)662-3737 gpaterso@richmond.edu > ________________________________________________________ > >