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A monk asked to Joshu. "Does even a dog have Buddha-nature?
This question is done on the basis of intellect, and so it belongs to the area of an idealistic view.
Joshu replied, "Mu."
This answer was done on the basis of materialistic fact that a dog is an accumulation of body cells, and so there is no Buddha-nature.
The monk asked, "All living beings have Buddha-nature, but why does not a dog have Buddha-nature. ?
The question has become much more real than before, therefore the question is discussed on a concrete situation of dog. Therefore the question belongs to a realistic viewpoint.
Joshu answered, " Becuse a dog has its consciousness, which has been accumulated by its conduct in the past.
This answer desribes a realistic condition of a dog, which transcend an intellectual interpretation and material fact.
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From: Greg McNamara
Date: Tuesday, 25 Jun 1996 12:10:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: 7.0471 Q: Shakespeare/Joyce Quote
Comment: Re: SHK 7.0471 Q: Shakespeare/Joyce Quote
For Professor Leo Daugherty:
Near the end chapter 10 of _Ulysses_ (I don't have my H.W. Gabler edition handy
or I would give the line numbers), Haines offers a half-hearted apology to
half-hearted Mulligan for missing Stephen's discussion of _Hamlet_ (he was in
Gill's buying a copy of Hyde's _Lovesongs of Connacht_). It goes like this:
Haines opened his newbought book.
-- I'm sorry, he said. Shakespeare is the happy huntingground of all
minds that have lost their balance.
The onelegged sailor growled at the area of 14 Nelson street:
-- England expects...
Buck Mulligan's primrose waistcoat shook gaily to his laughter.
-- You should see him, he said, when his body loses its balance.
Wandering Aengus I call him.
-- I am sure he has an idee fixe, Haines said, pinching his chin
thoughtfully with thumb and forefinger. Now I am speculating what it
would be likely to be. Such persons always have.
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I hope you find this information helpful. Actually, in Stephen's discussion of
_Hamlet_ in the previous chapter there are several references to the sonnets
which you may find interesting, if not directly relevant to your query.
Greg McNamara
English, West Virginia University
