"You will fall into a state of complete unknowing, perplexity, and questioning.
Those who have done much study will even come to forget what they had
previously learned. But this is not a final or lasting state. When you have
reached this point you must still proceed further to the state where although
you have ears, you do not know how to hear; although you have eyes, you do not
know how to see; and although you have a tongue, you do not know how to speak.
To reach the place where mountains are not mountains and rivers are not rivers
may entail several years of hard practice. Therefore, it is necessary to cast
aside all other concerns and train yourself to focus the entirety of your
attention on the tasteless hwadu* alone."
~ Kusan Sunim (1909-1983)
*'hwadu" is roughly the Korean Zen equivelent of the Japanese Zen 'koan'.
...Bill!
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