All the Fish Needs

Fire and water

All the fish needs is to get lost in water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
- Chuang-Tzu

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Waters As Waters

Avoca Sunset

Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it’s just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters.
- Ching-yuan

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Still Water Mists

Morning Mists

We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see. – Taoist Proverb

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Unity of Life

Unity of Life

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye. – Buddha

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