無門關 1.119

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1.119

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.

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無門關 — Classical Chinese