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Hakuin's Sound of One Hand

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KOAN:

Two hands clap and there is a sound. What is the sound of one hand?

—Hakuin Ekaku

Audio February 24, 2023

What Is This? An Ancient Question

John Tarrant

Koans
Hakuin's Sound of One Hand, What Is This? (BCR51)
Tags
February 19 2023, Sunday Zen, Yunmen
Category
Audio

What is this? is an ancient question—it holds our whole lives. That wondering is the essence of what it is to be human. If you allow wonder into a hard time, it will change it. The attempt to discover something is where the question or problem will change.

69' 3"