Waters as Waters

Sea Stack and surf,
San Simeon State Park, California 2010

20 sec at f/32, focal length: 94mm, ISO 100, Aperture Priority, 0EV,
- 24 April 2010 7:11 am PDT. Photographed with Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 70-200mm f/4L, Singh-Ray Mor Slo 5 stop ND, tripod mounted.


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.

- Ching-yuan