[Buddha-l] Question about Chinese orthography

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 That's Blofeld, not Chan/Zen.
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> Chan lesson for today: The dog has no buddha-nature, and Chinese has no 
> word
> for "being."
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> Dan Lusthaus
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Oh, okay. So avoid Blofeld.  I just finished reading Chan Buddhism by 
Hershock and would like to find another book that is useful for learning 
about early Buddhist thought. I don't read Chinese or Sanskrit...any advice?

And btw, "does a dog have buddha nature?" was the koan that made me want to 
avoid koans.

Diana Capen