Mu (negative)A monk asked, "Does a dog have a Buddha-nature or not?"
The master said, "Not !"
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?"
The master said, "Because he has the nature of karmic delusions".
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A monk asked Master Joshu, "Does a dog have Buddha Nature?"
Joshu replied, "Yes."
And then the monk said, "Since it has, how did it get into that bag of skin?"
Joshu said, "Because knowingly, he purposefully offends."
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