Be a Tiger in the Mountains
KOAN:
Once its heart is grasped, you are like a dragon gaining the water, like a tiger taking to the mountains.
– from Fukanzazengi (Dogen)
Xiangyan was once asked by a monastic, "What is the Way?"
Xiangyan said, "A dragon singing in a withered tree."
The monastic asked Caoshan, "Who can hear this?"
Caoshan said, "In the whole world, there is no one who does not hear it."
—from Xuedou's verse commentary on Blue Cliff Record Case 2
KOAN:
Once its heart is grasped, you are like a dragon gaining the water, like a tiger taking to the mountains.
– from Fukanzazengi (Dogen)