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Like Cats and Dogs - Contesting the Mu Koan in Zen Buddhism (Paperback)
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Like Cats and Dogs - Contesting the Mu Koan in Zen Buddhism (Paperback)
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A koan is a narrative or dialogue used to provoke the "great doubt"
and test a student's progress in Zen practice. The Mu Koan consists
of a brief conversation in which a monk asks master Zhaozhou
Congshen whether or not a dog has Buddha-nature. The reply is Mu:
literally, ''No.'' This case is widely considered to be the single
best known and most widely circulated and transmitted koan record
of the Zen school of Buddhism. The Mu Koan is especially well known
for the intense personal experiences it offers those seeking an
existential transformation from anxiety to spiritual illumination.
Steven Heine demonstrates that the Gateless Gate version, preferred
by Dahui and so many other key-phrase advocates, does not by any
means constitute the final word concerning the meaning and
significance of the Mu Koan. Another impact version has been the
Dual Version, which is the ''Yes-No'' rendition to the Mu Koan.
Like Cats and Dogs offers critical insight and a new historical
perspective on ''the koan of koans.''
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