The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1596 page)

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Muju
(Zen monk):
Mukan Fumon
(1212–91).
Zen pupil of [Enni]
Ben’en
, who was summoned by the emperor Kameyama to exorcise the ghosts who were disturbing his new palace in
Ky
to
, the traditional priests having failed. Mukan and his monks sat in silent meditation and the spirits disappeared. The emperor converted the palace to a Zen monastery, Nanzen-ji, and Mukan became the first abbot.
Mukasa, Reuben
(founder):
Mukhali
ga
.
A
li
ga
in Hinduism on which faces are depicted, the number depending on the purpose of the ritual; thus the two-faced li
ga is used in rituals for the destruction of enemies.

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