Mumonkan

CASE 33. NEITHER MIND NOR BUDDHA A monk asked Baso, "What is the Buddha?" Baso replied, "Not mind, not Buddha." Mumon's Comments If anyone understands what Baso said, he has mastered Zen. If you meet a sword master on the road, give him the sword. Unless you meet a poet on the road, do not offer a poem. If you meet a man, tell him the three quarters of the Way, and never tell him the rest.