[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [無門關](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005) › 1.119 # 無門關 1.119 無門關 1.119 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.119) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.118) - [Next: 1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.120) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005~en-mt.1.119) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.17.49) — Classical Chinese - [圓悟佛果禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.19.75) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.119) · Pramāṇa