Mu from the Zen tradition

 Mu, no, nothingness….

A monk asked Master Chao-chou, "Has a dog the Buddha Nature or not?" Chao-chou said, "Mu!"

From The Heart Sutra:

Avalokiteshvara while practicing deeply with

the insight that Bring Us to the Other Shore,

suddenly discovered that

all of the five Skandhas are equally empty,

and with that realization

she overcame all ill-being. 

It is in the binary.  Has a dog buddha nature or not.  No to the not and no to the has.  All is empty.  All is full.  Interbeing.  I am the dog and the dog is me. We inter-are.  Both empty and both full.  The same is true of the Buddha.   I am the Buddha and the Buddha is me.  The dog is the Buddha and the Buddha is the dog.  Both empty and both full.  Empty of self and full of being.

Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!

Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!

Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!