虛堂和尚語錄 2.109

2.109

The next day he ascended the hall: "Throughout the whole summer I never failed to think of you all morning and evening. Today the period is complete, and suddenly there is a correspondence; only now do I know that mountains are mountains and waters are waters. Formerly, how could I not have known that mountains are mountains and waters are waters, and only today know that mountains are mountains and waters are waters? If you do not believe it, after thirty years someone will naturally know."