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    Kwatz!
    Kwatz!
    Kwatz!
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    Kwatz!

    By Charles Webb

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    Kwatz! describes a confrontation...a strange and amusing, encounter...Dharma combat...between two modern masters...one from the Zen tradition, the other an unlikely Taoist...who has decided that this deadly serious “combat” may be a new and amusing way to spend an afternoon. Each answers the other using variations on sayings from other “masters” that they find apropos to the situation. The writers, philosophers, artists, comedians, etc. whom they paraphrase, are not mentioned by name during the combat itself. The “combat” is intended to have multiple effects upon the reader...a possible shaking of the tree - koan like impact via the odd juxtapositions... confusion trying to figure out who... sort of...said what (a list is provided at the end but no pairings are made)...as well as simply allowing an entertaining and weirdly comic ride with these masters as they verbally whack away at each other...and their audience of students...and readers...and YOU...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles Webb
    Release dateFeb 10, 2011
    ISBN9781458199508
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    Charles Webb

    Charles Webb attended Williams College in Massachusetts, then wrote The Graduate in reaction to what he considered the emptiness of his college education. The novel was subsequently made into a celebrated film as well as a successful play. Webb was largely silent for many decades, but after moving to England in 1998 with his long-term partner, he found fresh inspiration and wrote the delightful New Cardiff, adapted for the screen under the title Hope Springs. He died in 2020.

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      Kwatz! - Charles Webb

      KWATZ!

      Fruit ripe…shake tree!

      By

      Charles Webb

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Copyright 2010 Charles Webb

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      KWATZ! … in Chinese pronounced HUH!…is the shout often used by Zen masters to jolt a student out of dualistic thinking. It is a grunt from the guts, also used by martial artists to amplify the force of a sudden blow. In Japanese, HUH! is usually translated

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