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Where does this quote come from?

Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal DhammaWe(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
edited November 2010 in General Banter
I saw this online and couldn't find any source as to where it came from:
At first I looked at the clouds and they were just clouds. Then I was learning the Way, and they were no longer just clouds. Now I have learned the Way and they are once again just clouds.


It sounds fairly Zen to me. But it could be from a really bad movie or something.

Comments

  • CloudCloud Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I think it was more about rivers and trees, or something. I've heard it before, but not in a movie; book or lecture on Buddhism.
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters.

    When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters.

    But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters.

    - Zen Master Ching-yuan
  • EpicurusEpicurus
    edited November 2010
    What's it supposed to mean?
  • LostieLostie Veteran
    edited November 2010
    This might help.

    http://www.shotokai.com/ingles/filosofia/searching_bull.html

    Epicurus wrote: »
    What's it supposed to mean?
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Floating_Abu wrote:
    <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><tr><td class="alt2" style="border: 1px inset;"> Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters.

    When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters.

    But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters.

    - Zen Master Ching-yuan </td></tr></tr></tbody></table>

    Thanks! Where is this quote from (text)?
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