Comic Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Zen comes to Hero. How would you buy the sound of one hand clapping? Images, clearly, but what modifiers, and how much would it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monster Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Mental Illusions it's Zen, after all - no one but the "enlightened" would be able to hear it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdansky Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Images, invisible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Images' date=' invisible?[/quote'] "A zen answer, and perfect for a holy man. Have you been such long?" -Pen "The Man Who Never Missed" S. Perry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping One hand clapping? Open Hand Defensive Strike: 1/2 Phase, +1 OCV, +3 DCV, STR Strike What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabe Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Hand to Hand Attack (no range) Transdimensional (one dimension) The answer to the Zen riddle of;"What is the sound of one hand clapping" is to strike one's hand against that of the Buddha's hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping I know of someone (secondhand) who can actually do this. It requires a combination of Sleight of Hand and Contortionist. (This is, of course, a topic worth visiting every now and zen....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping I can do it, and I don't need no Buddha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping The answer to the Zen riddle of;"What is the sound of one hand clapping" is to strike one's hand against that of the Buddha's hand. Trite. Western. Wrong. There is no answer to the riddle. At least, none that is expressed in such crude logic as language. And that answer shows a fundamental lack of understanding of Buddha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping I thought the sound of one hand clapping was a butterfly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping I say a Contortionist roll. I have a friend who can clap one-handed easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping I know of someone (secondhand) who can actually do this. It requires a combination of Sleight of Hand and Contortionist. (This is, of course, a topic worth visiting every now and zen....) Yes, but that was zen and this is tao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping koan, you can't be serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping koan' date=' you can't be serious.[/quote'] Who, me? Yes, yes I am. He just ... limbers up his left hand (he's left handed) and can shake his hand back and forth, slapping the upper half of the palm and the fingers against the lower part. If I had any way to record it, I'd be able to show you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadodel Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping I thought the sound of one hand clapping was a butterfly. When I do it, it sounds like a hummingbird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Who' date=' me? Yes, yes I am. He just ... limbers up his left hand (he's left handed) and can shake his hand back and forth, slapping the upper half of the palm and the fingers against the lower part. If I had any way to record it, I'd be able to show you.[/quote'] no . . . it was a play on words. "go on" vs "koan" - same pronunciation, well one is a G and the other a K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping G-A has sophisticated humor. Got in in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Who' date=' me? Yes, yes I am. He just ... limbers up his left hand (he's left handed) and can shake his hand back and forth, slapping the upper half of the palm and the fingers against the lower part. If I had any way to record it, I'd be able to show you.[/quote'] Hmm. I'm not very limber, but maybe it's because I have huge hands. But then it would probably be disqualified by the koan police. For a game answer: Mental Entangle based on the the target trying to figure the answer. Obviously it's working on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping A case could be made for an INT Drain, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping A case could be made for an INT Drain' date=' too.[/quote'] Not a bad idea. I'm having versionitis. Do the neg char rules still exist? Maybe once they make an int roll after the drain, the effects wear off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping no . . . it was a play on words. "go on" vs "koan" - same pronunciation, well one is a G and the other a K. I ... don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Hmm . . . I've always pronounced "koan" to be a homophone of "cone". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Hmm . . . I've always pronounced "koan" to be a homophone of "cone". What's 'koan'? Or is it something dirty that can't be explained here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping koan (a Japanese word pronounced "Ko - On") is a Buddhist statement, question or story that (usually) has no logical answer or conclusion; one of the most famous (to Western culture) is the title of this thread. They're supposed to be meditated on to help achieve enlightenment. They are supposed to be answered, but this is no "right" answer. It would take a more complete explanation of the nature of Buddhism to really get into the hows and whys of a Koan answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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