A monk asked Zhaozhou, "Does a dog have buddha-nature?" Zhaouzhou answered "No." "Why not?" "Because it has the mind of karmic delusion."
Another monk asked, "Does a dog have buddha-nature?" Zhaozhou answered "Yes." "Then why does it still have this bag of bones (this body)?" Zhaozhou said, "Because it knows, but it still transgresses."
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