"Priest Daokai of Mt. Furong said to the assembly, 'The green mountains are always walking . . .' You should examine in detail this quality of the mountains' walking. Mountains' walking is just like human walking. Accordingly, do not doubt mountains' walking even though it does not look the same as human walking . . . 'In the mountains' means the blossoming of the entire world . . . If you doubt mountains' walking, you do not know your own walking . . . You should know it as a fact that mountains are fond of wise people and sages . . . When you investigate mountains thoroughly, this is the work of the mountains. Such mountains and waters of themselves become wise persons and sages."
Eihei Dogen,
13th century founder of the Soto Zen School
Photo: Snow patterns on Zimmerman Lake with the Medicine Bow Mountains in the background; near Cameron Pass, CO; January 18, 2014
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