狗く子し仏ぶっ性しょう

noun

the Mu koan; "does a dog have Buddha nature?"

A well-known Zen kōan (公案) in which the master Zhaozhou answers "Mu" (無) to the question of whether a dog has Buddha-nature. Used in Zen practice to transcend dualistic thinking.

See also: 公案

• 狗く子し仏ぶっ性しょうは、禅ぜんの代だい表ひょう的てきな公こう案あんの一ひとつです。

  The Mu koan is one of the representative kōans of Zen.