Has a dog Buddha-nature?
or not?
share> or not?
Theoretically, it can have a grain of that, and within 4 or 5 reincarnation maybe the dog can be reborn as a human being, that human being attaining enlightenment, then he can become a Buddha.
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Mu.
shareTo realize Zen one has to pass through the barrier of the patriarchs. Enlightenment always comes after the road of thinking is blocked. If you do not pass the barrier of the patriarchs or if your thinking road is not blocked, whatever you think, whatever you do, is like a tangling ghost. You may ask: What is a barrier of a patriarch? This one word, Mu, is it.
shareNo, it is not.
sharelol, internet
shareWell but it doesn't, since "Mu" means "nothing."
shareYes and no
Yes = the senitent being can awaken to it's buddha nature
No = The buddha nature has not been awakened yet, hence still a sentient being
I thought the answer has always been:
"Woof!"
I once met a dog named Buddha.
Personally, I think dogs are a better class of people.
I'm sorry baby, I had to crash that Honda.