Path: typhoon.sonic.net!newsfeed2.skycache.com!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: "Ned Ludd" Newsgroups: alt.zen Subject: Re: Do cats have buddha nature? Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:52:05 -0600 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 34 Message-ID: <98l8kl$rgl$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> References: <3AAE2B40@MailAndNews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 9e.fc.68.2b X-Server-Date: 13 Mar 2001 13:51:17 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.zen:220407 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