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buddha nature.

DenkatsuDenkatsu Veteran
edited February 2012 in Buddhism Basics
I heard the quote, I belive a zen koan. Does a dog have buddha nature? Reply: "mu" is this a pups cry for his mother?

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  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    vast open space
  • DenkatsuDenkatsu Veteran
    Ah. Thank you
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    what is 'what is this'?

    Mu is an 'empty response' with no meaning, yet loaded with intention.
  • seeker242seeker242 Zen Florida, USA Veteran
    edited February 2012
    No because "Mu" is an experience, not an idea. :) All zen koans point away from ideas and to an indescribable experience. That is why they appear "kinda weird" but they actually aren't. :)
  • DenkatsuDenkatsu Veteran
    its the comment in the emptiness.
  • RichardHRichardH Veteran
    There is no one right answer to the "proper" understanding of and use of Koans. It is different from school to school in Zen Buddhism, and no one school has the copyright on "Koan". So there is room to explore here.
  • DenkatsuDenkatsu Veteran
    hahahaha.
  • DenkatsuDenkatsu Veteran
    I see this as a sense you could talk to a dog till you where blue in the face. But never grasp its exprerience.
  • DenkatsuDenkatsu Veteran
    Unless he could meditate on it.
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