Dagui was once asked by a monastic, “What is the Way?”
Dagui said, “No-mind is the Way.”
The monastic said, “I don’t understand it.”
Dagui said, “It’s good to understand not-understanding.”
The monastic said, “What is not-understanding?”
Dagui said, “It’s just that you are not anyone else.”
Student: “What is not-understanding?”
Master: “No-mind.”
Student: “What is No-mind?”
Master: “Mind.”
Commentary:
Removing mind is the way to see mind just as killing the Buddha is the way to see the Buddha.
©Boo Ahm
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