--- ryhorikawa wrote ( Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:53:47 -0000):
> Here's a list of common translation for both "mu" and "wu" > standing alone: "nothingness, non-existence, emptiness (Note: > The Japanese character "kuu"/Chinese "k'ung" is the more common > term for the Buddhist "emptiness". I feel too that "mu" is identical to sunyata (emptiness), but this isn't the same as non-existence. Things do exist - but they don't have "own being"; they don't exist in and of themselves, they lack ongoing, independent selfhood. Things, people included, have no solid permanent core. Realizing this is what satori is about. There's a subtle and very important aspect of sunyata that applies to concepts, abstractions, etc., especially ones that are plainly dualistic. Even the idea of Buddha-nature is empty and potentially misleading. Hence Joshu's "mu" in regard to whether a dog has such a thing. Gassho, ~ Frank . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Click here to rescue a little child from a life of poverty. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rAWabB/gYnLAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
