Mumonkan - Case 27: It is Not Mind, It is Not Buddha, It is Not Things

A monk asked Nansen:
  "Is there a teaching no master ever preached before?"
Nansen said:
  "Yes, there is."
The monk asked:
  "What is it?"
Nansen replied:
  "It is not mind, it is not Buddha, it is not things."


Mumon's Comment:

Old Nansen gave away his treasure-words. He must have been greatly upset.

   Nansen was too kind and lost his treasure.
   Truly, words have no power.
   Even though the mountain becomes the sea,
   Words cannot open another's mind.