mu

IPA(Pronunciation)

/muː/

Noun

uncountable

(Zen Buddhism) Nothingness; nonexistence; the illusory nature of reality.

Japanese Meaning

（禅仏教において）無、非存在、現実の幻影または虚無

He chanted mu softly during meditation, letting the sense of nothingness settle in.

彼は瞑想中に静かに「無」と唱え、無の感覚が落ち着くのを感じた。

Sense（1）

(Zen Buddhism) Nothingness; nonexistence; the illusory nature of reality.

That being the case, we should naturally choose to contemplate mu from morning to night, forgetting everything.