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ruzuzu commented on the word does a dog have Buddha-nature or not
"A monk asked Zhàozhōu, 'Does a dog have Buddha nature or not?' Zhaozhou said, 'Wú'. ('Zhaozhou' is rendered as "Chao-chou" in Wade-Giles, and pronounced 'Joshu' in Japanese. 'Wu' appears as 'mu' in archaic Japanese, meaning 'no', 'not', 'nonbeing', or 'without' in English."
-- From Wikipedia's kōan article
(The joke, as you might imagine, is that if the monk had asked a chow chow, the response might have been "woof.")
June 14, 2011
madmouth commented on the word does a dog have Buddha-nature or not
these are mighty double standards - last time a cat was involved in a zen koan, it got its head bitten off!!
June 14, 2011
yarb commented on the word does a dog have Buddha-nature or not
I do sometimes wonder how all these zen jokes have stood the test of time.
June 14, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word does a dog have Buddha-nature or not
That sounds like another eternal question for plethora's list.
June 14, 2011
madmouth commented on the word does a dog have Buddha-nature or not
Why does everyone think zen cruelty is so hilarious
June 14, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word does a dog have Buddha-nature or not
And why is cat always on the trending words list?
June 14, 2011
bilby commented on the word does a dog have Buddha-nature or not
Why did nothing cross the road?
June 15, 2011
marky commented on the word does a dog have Buddha-nature or not
of course they do.
June 16, 2011