One day, a monk traveled into the mountain where Gensha Shibi resided to see the Zen master and study Zen with him. The monk said to Gensha:
-I am a new comer, please be kind to tell me where I can enter the Zen gate.
Gensha...
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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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