Crazy Clouds - Bassui's No Words or Sentences

The Reading:

When a lay student asked how Zen, with its koans and records of old masters, can be considered a teaching "outside of scriptures," Bassui cries out, "Layman!"  When the man responded, "Yes?"  Bassui asks, "From which teachings did that yes come?"  

-Crazy Clouds, p57

Discussion:

This is a difficult argument for logical persons to follow.  It can be hard to understand Zen if one insists that logic be followed. Remember that logic follows Being, it does not proceed it.