sense of humor?

[gianni]

I read some time ago an italian translation of Mumonkan:

 

the japanese answer to the qustion 'have dogs budda nature?'was 'Mu'...

 

my question is:

 

since the gateless gate was originally written in chinese language,

 

and the answer would have been 'wu',

 

(wich would have been the onomatopeic for a dog barking),

 

was this coincidence intentional,or it might have been

 

a way to give a multiple answer?(denoting an apropos sense of humor?)

 

[GrandmasterP]

Or maybe a dancing dog?

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The character wu 無 originally meant "dance" and was later used as a graphic loan for wu "not". The earliest graphs for 無 pictured a person with outstretched arms holding something (possibly sleeves, tassels, ornaments) and represented the word wu "dance; dancer". After wu 無 "dance" was borrowed as a loan for wu "not; without", the original meaning was elucidated with the 舛 "opposite feet" at the bottom of wu 舞 "dance".

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Edited May 28, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[gianni]

sense of humor?

[Marblehead]

sense of humor?

Yes, we need a sense of humor to hang around here very long.

[silent thunder]

One of my most valued survival skills.

[Brian]

My pug says "woo-woo."

 

I think he has the canine equivalent of Down's syndrome.

 

Or he speaks Chinese...

Edited May 29, 2014 by Brian

[GrandmasterP]

Our dogs often say 'Bark' and Mr Leo stops at every tree when he's out for walkies.

Some connection maybe?

Puppy Alice can say 'Mum' and 'Din- ner' too

The late Maura 'Soishin' O'Halloran in her autobio.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0804819777/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Trained at a Zen monastery in Japan and talks about the noise in the queue of people waiting to go in and be tested for their Koan progress by the abbot.

" Mu. mu, Mu , Mu , MU."

Everyone practising Mu in their own desperate way.

It was one of those traditions where they had to 'pass' through a series of Koans in order to progress towards ordination.

Apparently " Mu" was the hardest one to pass.

One guy had been stuck on " Mu" for twenty odd years and not passed it.

He was a very good cook though so maybe that was why the abbot kept him Mu- ing.

Edited May 29, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Brian]

My pug says "woo-woo."

 

I think he has the canine equivalent of Down's syndrome.

 

Or he speaks Chinese...

For clarity:

 

We inherited the dog from my wife's aunt, who lived in Taiwan for many years (was a close friend of Mrs. Chang Kai Shek) and she may well have spoken Chinese to the dog. He certainly doesn't understand a word of English!

 

Pugs, as some may know, have a serious issue with birth defects in the breed. This one has several, including what appears to be something very similar to Down's syndrome. I wasn't being callous or insensitive to parents with Down's syndrome children or anything like that -- Ming (that's his name although he doesn't answer to it (or anything else)) is absolutely the sweetest & most gentle dog I've ever met but it is clear that something's not quite right there, and most other dogs seem to recognize it, too.

[LAOLONG]

in this koan wu means nothingness and it refer to Buddha nature .

according to http://www.amazon.com/Gateless-Barrier-Zen-Comments-Mumonkan/dp/1570627266

[GrandmasterP]

There's pug we meet out walkies sometimes.

When she gets over excited she faints.

Just for a few seconds, flop; over she goes.

Then she's up and OK

Edited May 29, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Andrei]

What does the fox say?

 

Edited May 29, 2014 by Andrei

[Marblehead]

There's pug we meet out walkies sometimes.

When she gets over excited she faints.

Just for a few seconds, flop; over she goes.

Then she's up and OK

I just recently saw a documentary about that. Forget what they call it but it happens with a large variety of animals.

[Marblehead]

What does the fox say?

There's a video somewhere that has a bunch of people dressed in costume dancing around and singing that song.