mu
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also without · nothingness
Summary
Mu means not, no or without. As a noun it means the state of being without, which is free; the chapter Bussho translates it as "being without". There Dogen writes that just at the moment of being without the Buddha-nature, we become buddha.
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Mu means not, or no, or without, or other than, or separate from
Introductions 3: A Middle Without Intention Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters
The most important texts
- Bussho ●●● Shobogenzobeing without buddha-nature · Buddha-nature as emptiness · Joshu's dog · man from south of the Peaks
just at the moment of being without the Buddha-nature, we become buddha at once
- Bussho 3: Joshu’s Dog and Concepts ●●● Summer 2005 — BusshoJoshu's dog · real dog versus abstract existence · mu translated as without · śūnyatā as the state without
would you tell me whether or not a dog has buddha-nature?
Other texts
- Buddha-nature ●●● Shobogenzo · Busshobeing without buddha-nature · Joshu's dog · man from south of the Peaks
Just at this moment, being without buddha-nature, we are buddhas.
- Bussho 2: Without a Concept of Buddha-Nature ●●● Winter 2005 — Busshobeing without buddha-nature · man from south of the Peaks · śūnyatā as the state without
doesn’t mean without the true buddha-nature, but without the concept “buddha-nature”, without the idea of buddha-nature
- Bussho 4: The Cut Earthworm ●●● Summer 2005 — Busshobeing without buddha-nature
In the moment in which we live, we totally manifest buddha-nature in our existence, and we are without any [concept of] buddha-nature
- Introductions 3: A Middle Without Intention ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chaptersmu
Mu means not, or no, or without, or other than, or separate from
- Bussho 1: Having Buddha-Nature ●●● Summer 2005 — BusshoU and MU
In Japanese and Chinese the two characters are U and MU, and they have much vaguer meanings
- Bussho 1: Names and Reality ●●● Winter 2005 — Busshobeing without anything
the state in which we sit is “without anything”. Being without anything is very happy
- Maha Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra ●●●no eye, no ear
There is neither eye, nor ear, nor nose, nor tongue, nor body, nor mind, nor form, nor sound
- Maka-hannya-haramitsu ●●● Shobogenzobeing without anything
As a noun 無 (MU) means “the state of being without,” i.e., the state that is free
- MMK 5: Relinquishing All Views ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s MulamadhyamakakarikaJoshu's dog
when Joshu said ‘mu’ when he was asked another time, he said ‘u’ and ‘mu’ means negative and ‘u’ means positive
- Gaku do yo jin shu - Practical Advice on Pursuing the Buddhist Truth ●●●Joshu's dog
is there Buddha-nature even in a dog, or not?