'From time immemorial the mountains have been the dwelling place of the great sages; wise men and sages have all made the mountains their own chamber, their own body and mind. And through these wise men and sages the mountains have been actualized. However many great sages and wise men we suppose have assembled in the mountains, ever since they entered the mountains no one has met a single one of them. There is only the actualization of the life of the mountains; not a single trace of their having entered remains.'
-Eihei Dogen, ‘Mountains and Rivers Sutra.’ Excerpted from Peter Matthiessen’s ‘Nine-headed Dragon River.’
-Eihei Dogen, ‘Mountains and Rivers Sutra.’ Excerpted from Peter Matthiessen’s ‘Nine-headed Dragon River.’