think first then answer
2006-12-04 03:12:21 · 10 answers · asked by ronnysox60 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Today, in Kung Fu, the bowing salute is given with only one hand in prayer position. It is in remembrance of the Buddhist monk who cut off his right arm, to show his master/teacher, Bodie Dharma that he indeed understood the teachings of the Dao.
Master Dharma took this monk to be his personal trainee, as he was the only one who truly understood.
For one who seeks only sound in one hand clapping, they are indeed deafened by reality.
For the enlightened one, there are two hands, . . . .but only one to be seen by the eyes. . . . there is sound. . . ., but none to be heard by the ears.
Darryl S.
2006-12-04 03:44:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds remarkably similar to the sound of a tree falling in the woods with nobody around to hear it.
2006-12-04 03:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by lunatic 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Like the sound of one wrist clicking...
2006-12-04 03:15:20 · answer #3 · answered by st.uncumber 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
left hand clapping--cl
right hand clapping--ap
unless you're dyslexic.
2006-12-04 03:18:54 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you attempting to make a point? I'm missing it if that's the case.
2006-12-04 03:18:30 · answer #5 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Zen master slapping his student.
2006-12-04 03:18:59 · answer #6 · answered by badferret 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well its a kind of wooshing sound isn't it.
2006-12-04 03:14:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
kind of like a teenager with too much free time...
2006-12-04 03:14:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a koan, it has no answer...
- Atmadeepo Bhava -
2006-12-04 03:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poth poth?
2006-12-04 03:17:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋