💡 INTRODUCTION
Many have heard the Zen-like saying, “A mountain is a mountain, water is water.” But what does it really mean?
According to Master Woo Myung, all things in creation are already Truth, just as they are. A mountain is not merely a physical mountain, nor is water just physical water—they both come from the same origin and ultimately return to the same place.
🌱 The problem is that man cannot see Truth because he looks elsewhere, outside of what already exists before him. In reality, everything—just as it is—is Truth. Thus, the expression “a mountain is a mountain, water is water” reminds us that Truth is not found somewhere else but in all things, as they exist.
📺 Watch the video and read the original writing below.
🎬 YOUTUBE VIDEO
📝 ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
What Does the Phrase, “A Mountain Is a Mountain, Water Is Water”, Mean?
People see the mountain simply as a mountain
and they see water simply as water.
However the mountain and the water
originally came from the same place
and they do not exist separately.
At the same time everything, just as it is, is Truth;
namely, the mountain is a mountain, and water is water.
All things in creation, just as they are, are Truth,
but man cannot see Truth.
He is unable to find it, because he looks for it elsewhere.
While the mountain is a mountain and water is water,
the place where they come from and will go back to is the same,
which is why it is expressed as,
“a mountain is a mountain, water is water.”
It means that things, just as they exist, are Truth.
– Woo Myung
🌱 REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
Truth is not far away—it is in the mountain and water before you.
Through Master Woo Myung’s meditation, stop searching elsewhere and awaken to the Truth that all things already are.
🔗 RELATED LINKS
📌 Santa Clara Meditation YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@santaclarameditation7075
