圓悟佛果禪師語錄 19.75

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19.75

[Case] brought up: Zhaozhou asked Nanquan: "What is the Way?" Nanquan said: "The ordinary mind is the Way." Zhaozhou said: "Does it still admit of heading towards it, or not?" Nanquan said: "To intend towards it is immediately to deviate." Zhaozhou said: "Without intending, how can one know it is the Way?" Nanquan said: "The Way does not belong to knowing, nor does it belong to not knowing. Knowing is false awareness, and not knowing is indeterminate. If you directly reach the Way that is beyond doubt, it is wide open like the great void—how could it be forced into right and wrong?" Under these words, Zhaozhou attained great awakening.

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