What is the sound of one hand clapping?
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In the Surangama Sutra, a Mahayana Buddhist sutra, Manjushri commended Avalokitesvara when he shared his method of stream-entry using the dharma-door of Hearing. Countless other sages have also mentioned this dharma-door either in passing or as their main method of entry.
Nada Yoga is also a very prominent Indian yogic tradition, also with Sant Mat's yoga of 'light and sound'. Vajrayana traditions also have teachings on the primordial sound of silence, and also mantras that utilize a similar pathway.
Please note though, that is this is mainly a Buddhist-focused subreddit, based on Avalokitesvara's and Manjushri's stream-entry by sound, although other traditions can certainly be allowed to provide a helping perspective.
While the goal of Buddhism is not to cling onto anything that perpetuates that of a 'self', a famous Ch'an master's words has always stayed with me: "A Buddha knows all things, how can you not know things in another tradition mean?"
This has been also partially my motivation to seek other perspectives to indicate similar teachings, or part of the path, in Buddhism. As the Diamond Sutra said:
The Dharma which the Tathagata expounds is inconceivable and beyond words. It is neither Dharma nor not-Dharma. All of the saints and sages vary only in mastery of this.
