{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/glg/glg32.htm","path":"bud/glg/glg32.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/glg32.htm","text":"The Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934]\nA philosopher asked Buddha: \"Without words, without the wordless, will you tell me truth?\"\nThe Buddha kept silence.\nThe philosopher bowed and thanked the Buddha, saying: \"With your loving kindness I have cleared away my delusions and entered the true path.\"\nAfter the philosopher had gone, Ananda asked the Buddha what he had attained.\nThe Buddha replied: \"A good horse runs even at the shadow of the whip.\"\nMumon's comment: Ananda was the disciple of the Buddha. Even so, his opinion did not surpass that of outsiders. I want to ask you monks: How much difference is there between disciples and outsiders?","title":"The Gateless Gate: 32. A Philosopher Asks Buddha","type":"page"}