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They have a similar word to this word in their word, "ka huna." This is their version of this same famous koan that I have referred to above, about the sound of one hand clapping. "What is the sound of one person loving?"
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They mean here a conundrum, a silent paradox, or simply just, a hidden riddle.
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In Hawaiian, this is referred to as, '' nana huna. The Hawaiian's have, for example, their own Huna koans. Koans are usually associated with Buddhism, and especially Zen Buddhism, but they are also a vital part of some other cultures. Obviously, if there is a sound, it is the sound of God's oneness loving, and it could never be heard with our outer ears, but more only ever silently felt, or heard by the inner ears of our own hearts. "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" This particular koan is a simple enough question, indeed. Only by silencing the noise of our minds, can we ever begin to achieve this. We should silence our mind, and feel the truth, as it arises silently from within our hearts. We should never seek the answer, by taking it further away in our minds, or with our minds. In this statement, is the secret of all koans as well. Hakuin once said that, not knowing how near the truth is, most people will often seek it far away. Whether this koan really originated with him or not, we can perhaps not ever be totally sure. Hakuin Ekaku was a famous Japanese Zen master, who lived within the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The koan of the paradoxical idea of one hand being able to clap, has been attributed to the Zen master Hakuin.