法演禪師語錄 3.53

3.53

Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Zhaozhou, 'Does a dog have Buddha-nature or not?' Zhaozhou said, 'No (wu).' The monk said, 'All sentient beings have Buddha-nature; why does a dog not have it?' Zhaozhou said, 'Because he has karmic consciousness.'" The Master said, "Great assembly! How do you usually understand this? This old monk usually only cites the word 'No' (wu) and stops. If you can penetrate this one word, no one under heaven can do anything to you. How do you penetrate it? Is there anyone who has penetrated to the bottom? If there is, come forward and speak so we can see! I do not want you to say 'yes', nor do I want you to say 'no', nor do I want you to say 'neither yes nor no'. What do you say? Take care."