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To: Zoltan! who wrote (60702)	10/26/1999 2:38:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

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To: Zoltan! who wrote (60702)	10/26/1999 2:50:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Zoltan, here is an example of a koan: Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku. Desiring to show his attainment, he said: “The mind, Buddha, and sentient beings, after all, do not exist. The true nature of phenomena is emptiness. There is no realization, no delusion, no sage, no mediocrity. There is no giving and nothing to be received.” Dokuon, who was smoking quietly, said nothing. Suddenly he whacked Yamaoka with his bamboo pipe. This made the youth quite angry. “If nothing exists,” inquired Dokuon, “where did this anger come from?”

To: Zoltan! who wrote (60702)	10/26/1999 5:00:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

One of my brothers is a Zen Buddhist, Zoltan. And he is given "koans" to ponder over by his Zen Master. The classic (most often quoted example) of such a koan is: "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" You have to sit there, let it sort of stew in your mind (no analysis!!!), and come up with an understanding (not a "logical explanation") of what it means. If you get it wrong, your Zen Master may whack you upside the head (literally or metaphorically). You have to "sense" the answer, which more often that not (I gather) is as paradoxical sounding as the koan itself. Joan