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.