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The Gateless Gate
Gateless Barrier, Case 27: It Is Not Mind or Buddha 禅宗无门关27. 不是心佛

Wumen Huikai | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation

南泉和尚因僧问云：“还有不与人说底法么?” A monk asked Master Nanquan, “Is there also a Dharma that is not spoken to people?”
泉云：“有。” Nanquan said, “There is.”
僧云：“如何是不与人说底法?” The monk asked, “What is the Dharma that is not spoken to people?”
泉云：“不是心，不是佛，不是物。” Nanquan said, “It is not mind, not Buddha, not a thing.”
【无门曰】 [Wumen said:]
南泉被者一问，直得揣尽家私，郎当不少。 Confronted by this question, Nanquan had to bring out all the treasures of his house; he was quite put out.
【颂曰】 [Verse:]
叮咛损君德，无言真有功。任从沧海变，终不为君通。 Repeated exhortation diminishes your virtue; wordlessness truly has merit. Though the blue sea may change, I will never explain it to you.
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