--- In [email protected], "yogavajra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What does 'Mu' mean? I am not after a solution to the Koan, but until > I understand what it means (in English) its just a noise LOL > > Thanks! > > Tony... > Tony,
If you're doing some kind of academic research on zen all the proceeding responses are excellent. If you're actually working with the koan MU you're better off not knowing the transliteration/translation of MU. MU is not someting to understand. Mu is a tool used to stop your mind's contstant discriminating activiy. I think non-Chinese/non-Japanese speakers have an advantage with MU since they usually don't have to sit with a concept they think they understand. Any definition you learn will eventually just be one more thing you'll have to discard to acheive a breakthrough. I don't know if you're working with a teacher or not. If you are ask him/her these questions and listen/observe VERY CAREFULLY their respose. If you don't have a teacher, get one. If you just absotlutely can't get one, just sit with MU and only MU. MU breathing in, MU breathing out. Only MU. Nothing else. That is all. Gassho...Bill! ------------------------ 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/
