A. Master: “Mountains and rivers.”
Commentary:
Master’s tongue is not long enough to say the answer.
You had better hear him with your eyes.
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Tag: mountain
Q288. Student: “You always say that everything including mountains and rivers is an illusion. What is not an illusion?”
Master: “Mountains and rivers.”
Commentary:
Mountains and rivers block your insight into mountains and rivers.
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Q171. Student: “What are you like when your body is not you?”
A. Master: “It’s like a mountain.”
Commentary:
Oh! Mountain!
It’s also like a rat.
If I were asked the question, I would say, “A mountain runs like a rat.”
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