r/ZenHabits • u/LCKLCKLCK • 10d ago

Meditation What does this quote mean?

The voices of torrents are from one great tongue, the lions of the hills are the pure body of Buddha.

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u/LifeBuilder 9d ago

Later in the lecture where that quote comes from is:

Because if I allow you to leave here this evening, under the impression that you understand something about Zen, you will have missed the point entirely. Because Zen is a way of life, a state of being, that is not possible to embrace in any concept whatsoever, so that any concepts, any ideas, any words that I shall put across to you this evening will have as their object, showing you the limitations of words and of thinking.

So I’d say: If don’t get it then it means nothing (unless you know Zen)

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u/No-Construction619 5d ago

Well, I don't know what it means and I have doubts that an author tried to express this idea clearly enough.

Have you read Joko Beck? Her style is plain and clear. No need to hide under fancy metaphors.