I have been trying to grasp the meaning of Mu for a couple of weeks now.

Asking whether a dog has Buddha nature hasn't really helped! :?

I'm reading Robert Aitken's 'The Mind of Clover' and he does rather assume that when he writes
'Let Mu breathe Mu' the reader will know what that means. He makes a lot of reference to Mu.

I've read quite a lot about Mu now - but I can't find a way in.

I think I understand that one is meant to learn through the process of letting go of conceptual thought when
approaching Mu - but I just feel more and more confused.

Is this why the Rinzai tradition say don't even bother without a rinzai teacher?

Would appreciate some help on this - tried doing a search on Treeleaf for Mu but nothing came up.
I'm sure there will be some previous posts on the site somewhere. :?:

Gassho

Willow