“This image of the mirror is foundational in Taoism and Ch’an, recurring at key moments throughout the tradition, the heart of Ch’an is a landscape practice. In such mirror-deep perception, earth’s vast wetlands, swamp, rivers-and-mountain landscapes replace thought and even identity itself, revealing the unity of consciousness/identity and landscape/Cosmos that is the heart of sage dwelling not only for Ch’an practitioners, but for all artist-intellectuals in ancient China.” (Hinton, p.333.)
Hinton, David, (2023). The Way of Ch’an, Shambala Press, Boulder, Co.
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