Koans 2005 – Zhaozhou’s Dog / Zhaozhou’s Mu

Koan on Zhaozhou’s Dog as published in case 18 of the Book of Serenity and case 1 of the Gateless Barrier or Mumonkan. Often this koan is referred to as Zhaozhos MU, and the basis of MU meditation practice. In this Koan addresses Buddha Nature – that we are perfect yet imperfect and to hold both as truth