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南泉因趙州問。如何是道。泉云。平常心是道。州云。還可趣向否。泉云。擬向即乖。州云。不擬爭知是道。泉云。道不屬知。不屬不知。知是妄覺。不知是無記。若真達不擬之道。猶如太虛廓然洞豁。豈可強是非也。州於言下頓悟。

Zhaozhou asked Nanquan: "What is the Way?" Nanquan said: "The ordinary mind is the Way." Zhaozhou said: "Can one still direct oneself toward it?" Nanquan said: "To intend to direct yourself toward it is 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 perception; not knowing is indeterminate neutral. If you truly reach the unintended Way, it is like the great void, vast and clearly open; how could you force right and wrong upon it?" At these words, Zhaozhou was suddenly awakened.