Jesus said that you should Hate those that you Love. Luke 14:26-27
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...the sound of one hand clapping. The answer lies...
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AB. There is not an answer to this question
That's the point. It's a koam designed to free your mind from the world of categories of though that it is bound in and defined by and connect you to the transcendent root of all things.
Zen teachings tell you to simply consider the question. It's intentionally an absurdity. The result is "Aum/Ohm/Om"... This is about as close as you get to an answer where the Buddhist teachings are concerned.
Ironically, Jesus' comments above, particularly when combined with "Love thy enemy" sound quite a bit like the "one hand clapping" concept. These comments of christ seem to directly illustrate how we are bound to dichotomies such as "love and hate" and "enemies and friends."
Another dichotomy that should be discarded is that of "you" the creation and "God" the creator. That's what jesus discarded (and thus said "I and the Father are One" in the book of John).
Love/Hate is just another dichotomy. It makes sense that God minded people would consider Love to be divine. They still think of a distinction between people and the divine. The true understanding that Jesus and the Zen teachings point you at is that Love and Hate are all one and inseparable and could not exist without one another. Hitler is as much love as ghandi is love. Just as they are both hate. It is because they are one just as we all are with them.
That's the sound of one hand clapping.