The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1586 page)

 
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Mu-chou Ch’en-tsun-su
(Jap., Bokush
Chinsonshuku
;

c.
780–877)
. Ch’an dharma-successor (
hassu
) of
Huang-po Hsi-yün
, whose abrupt methods he developed even further. Thus
Yun-men
attained enlightenment when he went to Mu-chou, who followed his practice of listening to the footsteps of approaching students, and of admitting them only if their steps expressed a prepared state of mind. Mu-chou's teaching was short and abrupt, and he appears in example 10 of
Pi-yen-lu
(see
K
AN
).

 
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see
TAMILNADU
.

 
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see
KOREAN RELIGION
.

 
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(Skt., P
li, ‘empathy’). One of the Buddhist
brahma-vih
ras
, a state of joy over the rescue and liberation of others from
dukkha
. It is aspired to as a practice, by entering into the joys of others, and refusing to take pleasure in their misfortunes. See also
UPEKKHA
.