The Dog Koan

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The Dog Koan is a classic Zen Buddhist kōan centered on the monk Zhaozhou’s (Joshu’s) famous “Mu” response, used as a fundamental object of meditation and insight in Zen practice.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Dog Koan canonical	1
Zhaozhou’s Dog koan	1
the kōan “Go wash your bowl”	1

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joshu’s Mu → hasAlternativeName → The Dog Koan ⓘ

Jōshū Jūshin → knownFor → the kōan “Go wash your bowl” ⓘ

linked to: The Dog Koan

Great Chan Master Zhaozhou → notableWork → Zhaozhou’s Dog koan ⓘ

linked to: The Dog Koan