Re: Hand clap Zen koan
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 17:03:59 -0700 (MST)
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.
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> 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?
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