10 April 2020

stabat muTAR (Good Friday 2020)


The Japanese and Korean term mu (JapaneseKorean
or Chinese wu (traditional Chinesesimplified Chinese), 
meaning "not have; without", is a key word in Buddhism, especially Zen traditions.

The Gateless Gate, which is a 13th-century collection of Chan or Zen kōans, uses wu or mu in its title (Wumenguan or Mumonkan 
無門關) and first kōan case ("Zhao Zhou's Dog" 趙州狗子). 
Chinese Chan calls the word mu 無 "the gate to enlightenment".
The Japanese Rinzai school classifies the Mu Kōan as hosshin 
発心 "resolve to attain enlightenment", that is, appropriate for beginners seeking kenshō "to see the Buddha-nature"'.
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