http://108zenbooks.com/2010/02/03/both-hands-clapping/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:28:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://108zenbooks.com/2010/02/03/both-hands-clapping/#comment-322 Barry Briggs Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:15:35 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=1516#comment-322 Holding out your hand with love is how the truth functions. As Zen Master Seung Sahn also used to say (ad nauseum): Just do it! Holding out your hand with love is how the truth functions. As Zen Master Seung Sahn also used to say (ad nauseum): Just do it!

]]> http://108zenbooks.com/2010/02/03/both-hands-clapping/#comment-318 Genju Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:56:02 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=1516#comment-318 I wanted to ask that of you and Ted yesterday (as a humbled student who just doesn't get it)! All this zen talk can get so conceptual... how does it boil down to holding out my hand with love? I wanted to ask that of you and Ted yesterday (as a humbled student who just doesn’t get it)! All this zen talk can get so conceptual… how does it boil down to holding out my hand with love?

]]> http://108zenbooks.com/2010/02/03/both-hands-clapping/#comment-317 Barry Briggs Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:37:49 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=1516#comment-317 Old Lady O-San's spirited answer to Hakuin reminds me a little of Zen Master Seung Sahn. When a student could perceive the "truth" of some kong-an situation, Dae Soen Sa Nim would then ask, "Wonderful! But how does the truth function?" Old Lady O-San’s spirited answer to Hakuin reminds me a little of Zen Master Seung Sahn. When a student could perceive the “truth” of some kong-an situation, Dae Soen Sa Nim would then ask, “Wonderful! But how does the truth function?”

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