Zen Master Hauin's koan about the sound of one hand makes no conceptual sense. Like all koans, it's an attempt to stimulate thoughtless awareness, which is one way to understand nirvana.
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buddhists relate to man in the same way as science does big bang etc.Answer: The concerns of Buddhism relate to sentient beings (beings that exhibit self awareness). Mankind is an example of beings with this quality. So Buddhism is aimed directly at mankind. The relationships with living beings that are not "man" that may not be sentient have been a question to Buddhists and others. The famous koan "Does a dog have a Buddha nature?" brings this to mind (the frequently quoted answer id answer is "Mu")
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A Zen Koan can refer to short stories, small statements, and parables. One can learn more about these by visiting their local library and checking out books pertaining to Buddhism.
Nyogen Senzaki has written: 'Eloquent silence' -- subject(s): Koan, Rinzai (Sect), Zen Buddhism 'Buddhism and Zen' 'Buddhism and Zen' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Lending library, Zen, Zen Buddhism
A koan is a paradoxical or thought-provoking question or statement used in Zen Buddhism to challenge a practitioner's rational thinking and lead them towards enlightenment. By contemplating a koan intensely, the practitioner can go beyond conventional logic and experience a moment of awakening or insight that transcends ordinary understanding.
"Two hands clap and there is a sound; what is the sound of one hand?"
Koan is A puzzling, often paradoxical statement or story, used in Zen Buddhism as an aid to meditation and a means of gaining spiritual awakening. In Zen Buddhism, a brief paradoxical statement or question used as a discipline in meditation. The effort to solve a koan is designed to exhaust the analytic intellect and the will, leaving the mind open for response on an intuitive level. There are about 1,700 traditional koans, which are based on anecdotes from ancient Zen masters. They include the well-known example "When both hands are clapped a sound is produced; listen to the sound of one hand clapping."
Koan is A puzzling, often paradoxical statement or story, used in Zen Buddhism as an aid to meditation and a means of gaining spiritual awakening. In Zen Buddhism, a brief paradoxical statement or question used as a discipline in meditation. The effort to solve a koan is designed to exhaust the analytic intellect and the will, leaving the mind open for response on an intuitive level. There are about 1,700 traditional koans, which are based on anecdotes from ancient Zen masters. They include the well-known example "When both hands are clapped a sound is produced; listen to the sound of one hand clapping."
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"What is the sound of one hand clapping" is a well known Zen Buddhist Koan. Koans are questions whose answer cannot be arrived at through analytical mental processes - you can't think your way to the right answer. The only route to the answer for a Koan is the instantaneous appreciation of the qustion at an intuitive or instinctive manner. Resolving Koans trains the Zen student in this non-analytical mental process. This means that simply telling you an answer to the Koan is a useless endeavor. There are books and papers written on the meaning of many Koans but none of these contain your answer.