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Spring 1997   Vol. 13 #2
Spring 1997   Vol. 13 #2

Poems/Not Poems

WoRd pUzZLe

By Susan Moon, Wes Nisker

 
 

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

 

Read the clues and complete lines 1 through 21.

To find the answer, read down the highlighted column.

 

1.  Be like one in the muddy water

2.   Not who you really are

3.   The Buddha’s tongue

4.   What you do in a zendo

5.   No-self (Pali)

6.   A trap door in the top of your head

7.   Even bigger than the one under circus acrobats

8.   One of the Buddha’s best buddies

9.   Mortification of the legs while sitting

10. Way, w-a-a-a-y cooled out

11. Mr. Suchness (The Buddha sometimes called himself by this name)

12. Real gone (See the Heart Sutra)

13. What do you tell a Buddhist dog to do

14. Not the moon

15. What you use to do number four on

16. What goes around comes around (a law)

17. Incite (?) meditation

18. Someone besides your mother who is always there for you (Buddha-to-be)

19. “I’m happy if you’re happy” (Pali)

20. The highest place in Buddhism (beloved by yaks)

21. The question of this puzzle is one of these

 

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For answers, click here.

 

∞

 

From the Spring 1997 issue of Inquiring Mind (Vol. 13, No. 2)

 

Text © 1997–2020 Susan Moon, Wes Nisker & Inquiring Mind

 

Author

Susan Moon is a writer and a lay dharma teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She is the author of several books, including This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity (Shambhala, 2010). Her newest book is The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, with co-author Florence Caplow (Wisdom Publications, 2013). Moon was Inquiring Mind's guest editor for three issues: "The God Issue" (Fall 2013), "Once Upon a Time" (Spring 2013) and "Earth Now!" (Spring 2012).

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is an author, radio commentator, Buddhist meditation teacher and performer. His books include the national bestseller Essential Crazy Wisdom (Ten Speed Press, 2001). His CDs, DVDs, books and teaching schedule are available at www.wesnisker.com, where he also continues to publish blog posts. Nisker cofounded Inquiring Mind in 1984. 

Author

Susan Moon is a writer and a lay dharma teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She is the author of several books, including This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity (Shambhala, 2010). Her newest book is The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, with co-author Florence Caplow (Wisdom Publications, 2013). Moon was Inquiring Mind's guest editor for three issues: "The God Issue" (Fall 2013), "Once Upon a Time" (Spring 2013) and "Earth Now!" (Spring 2012).

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is an author, radio commentator, Buddhist meditation teacher and performer. His books include the national bestseller Essential Crazy Wisdom (Ten Speed Press, 2001). His CDs, DVDs, books and teaching schedule are available at www.wesnisker.com, where he also continues to publish blog posts. Nisker cofounded Inquiring Mind in 1984. 

 
 
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