From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Sep 25 2002 - 11:28:51 MDT
Joao Magalhaes wrote:
> mu? You know, I must have stayed sick at home the day they explained
> mu at school. What does it mean?
>
> ...
"Mu!" (sometimes "Wu!") is the classic answer to the zen koan by Joshu.
"Does a dog have a buddha nature?"
"Mu!"
This is actually a joke, in the original chinese, as "Mu!" (or "Wu!")
either means:
1) "Don't ask", or
2) the onompoetic sound of a dog barking
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