{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/glg/glg33.htm","path":"bud/glg/glg33.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/glg33.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Buddhism\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \nBuy this Book at Amazon.com\n \n \nThe Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934]\n \n 33. This Mind Is Not Buddha\n \n A monk asked Baso: \"What is Buddha?\"\n \n Baso said: \"This mind is not Buddha.\"\n \n \u00a0\n \n Mumon's comment: If anyone understands this, he is a graduate of Zen.\n \n If you meet a fencing-master on the road, you may give him your sword,\n If you meet a poet, you may offer him your poem.\n When you meet others, say only a part of what you intend.\n Never give the whole thing at once.\n \n \n \n Next: 34. Learning Is Not the Path","title":"The Gateless Gate: 33. This Mind Is Not Buddha","type":"page"}