Koan
Mountains are mountains
Before I practiced, mountains were mountains and rivers were rivers. When I had some insight, mountains were no longer mountains and rivers no longer rivers. Now that I have found rest, mountains are once again mountains, and rivers are rivers.
Qingyuan Weixin
How to sit with it
Practice does not take you away from ordinary life. It returns you to it.
Read it once more, slowly. Then sit for two minutes and let it stay in the background. There is nothing to solve. New to this? Read what a koan is.
