The Sound of One Dog Barking

You made popular in this country the expression "don't know mind." Could you say what that is?

Human beings understand too much. But what they understand is just somebody's opinion. Like a dog barking. American dogs say "Woof, woof." Korean dogs say "Mung, mung." Polish dogs say "How, how."

So which dog barking is correct? That is human beings' dog barking, not dog barking. If dog and you become one hundred percent one, then you know sound of barking. This is Zen teaching. Boom! Become one.

From Boom! An Interview with Zen Master Seung Sahn Tricycle. Winter 1996 (Be sure to check out the Zen Master Seung Sahn link. The biography is quite wonderful.)

For Robert, who asked Do dogs have Buddha Nature?

[Experiencing inexplicable technical difficulties on a variety of fronts. Will have to fix tomorrow as I turn into a pumpkin at midnight.]

Comments

[Robert]

Sigh. My dog hardly ever barks. He moans and groans when he sits down. Kinda like me. Is that a Boom!

Thanks for posting that!