12 definitions
Everyday mind (n.) is the Way — and if you try to accord with it, you deviate.
The Everyday mind (n.) is the Tao itself.
Flower (n.) in the garden, said Nansen, is seen by most people as if in a dream — and he pointed not at a symbol but at the flowers.
Intention (n.) to accord with the Tao is the very thing that puts you out of accord.
Knowing (n.) the Tao is false understanding and not knowing it is blind ignorance; really understood, it is like the empty sky — why drag in right and wrong?
Koan (n.) of Nansen's cat froze his monks when he demanded a true word — while Joshu, told of it later, simply put his sandals on his head and walked out.
Laughter (n.) is all that remains, said a Chinese Zen master: at this moment there is nothing left for you but a good laugh.
Name (n.) arrive with the Buddha, and with them we clutch at forms; in the great Tao there is nothing either secular or sacred.
Ordinary mind (n.) is the Tao, and by intending to accord with it you immediately deviate.
Suffering (n.) is escaped by going right into the middle of the fire.
Tao (n.) belongs neither to knowing, which is false understanding, nor to not knowing, which is blind ignorance; truly understood it is like the empty sky — why drag in right and wrong?