Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way...
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MOUNTAIN AND WATER
Ching-yuan Wei-hsin, a Chinese Ch'an master, once said this: Thirty years ago, when having not studied Ch'an, this monk saw mountain was mountains and water was water.
Later, when following the good teacher's guide, this monk could enter the gate of Ch'an, and saw mountain was not mountain and water was not water.
Now, in the realm of joy and peace and tranquility where everything as-it-is, this monk sees mountain is just mountain and water is just water.
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