What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Zen monks seem to hear this,
But what is the sound of one hand clapping?
Don’t you need two?
Is it sound waiting to be?
A sender without a receiver?
Is this too much Zen, or is it nonsense?
I want to know what a Zen monk really hears.
Is it a sound only for his ears?
Or can I just for a short time hear it too?
Sometimes I think I hear the sound of one hand clapping,
I call it loneliness.
But then again, I don’t know Zen.
A monk will tell me that I want answers,
But I fail to hear questions.
The sound of one hand clapping is something of the instance.
It’s something beyond hearing.
It’s something that is.
The sound of one hand clapping,
needs no complement.
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