Dagui

One day Master Dagui was asked by a monk, “What is the Way?”
Dagui said, “Not to have an intentional idea is the Way.”
The monk said, “I cannot understand your words.”
Dagui said, “It is good to know that there is something that cannot be understood.”
The monk said, “How can we know that there is something that cannot be understood?”
Daguin said, “It’s just that you are not anyone else.” (Shinji Shobogenzo)

I blended the two translations I have of this koan, as neither quite hits the spot.

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