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To: alt.zen From: "Ned Ludd"Subject: Re: Do cats have buddha nature? Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:52:05 -0600 bikini_bhikkuni wrote in message news:3AAE2B40@MailAndNews.com... > > Meow > There was a monk who saw a cat and asked, "I call that a cat. It is not clear to me, what do you call it?" Chao-chou said, "It is you that calls it a cat." - Record of Chao-chou, #486 A monk asked, "Does a dog have a Buddha nature or not?" Chao-chou said, "Not [Mu]!" The monk said, "Above to all the Buddhas, below to the crawling bugs, all have Buddha-nature. Why is it that the dog has not?" Chao-chou said, "Because he has the nature of karmic delusions." - Record of Chao-chou, #132 A monk asked, "Does a dog have Buddha-nature or not?" Chao-chou said, "The door of every house leads to the capital." - Record of Chao-chou, #363
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