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Chao-chou's Dog
A monk asked Chao-chou, "Has the dog Buddha nature or not?" Chao-chou said, "Mu."
Chao-chou's Dog
Commentary by Barry Magid.
Dogen's Commentary on Joshu's Dog
From the Shobogenzo.
Joshu's Dog
The matter of Joshu's dog, from several philosophical perspectives.
Joshu's Mu
Dharma talk by Genjo Osho. PDF file.
Joshu's Mu
Excerpt from 'Golden Wind, Zen Talks' by Eido Shimano Roshi.
Mumonkan Case I: Joshu's Dog
from R.H. Blyth, "Zen and Zen Classics", Vol. 4, Mumonkan (1966).
Nothing from Nothing
Mumon's own response to the first case of the Mumonkan.
Realm of Mu
A dharma talk by Eido Shimano Roshi on Yamamoto Gempo Roshi's experience studying Mu.
Taking the Bull by The Horns
A personal story about answering the koan of Joshu's Dog, by Judyth O. Weaver, Ph.D.
The Koan "No"
A commentary by Myohocho Blacker, of the Worcester Zen Group.
The Koan "No"
Teisho by Melissa Blacker, Zen Community of Boston.
The Koan Mu
A teisho by John Tarrant, Roshi.
The Zen Concept of Emptiness, or Mu.
A lengthy definition of mu. FTP download text file.