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)
A student asked Jiashan, “What is Jiashan’s state of mind?”
Jiashan answered, “Monkeys, clasping their young to their breasts, return beyond the green peaks: a bird with a flower in its beak alights before the blue cliff.”
—Entangling Vines, Case 99
KOAN:
Once its heart is grasped, you are like a dragon gaining the water, like a tiger taking to the mountains.
– from Fukanzazengi (Dogen)