The Form of This Mountain

Having lived on this mountain all my life
without leaving it,
we can't know what it is like.

This mountain
we can not see with eyes

but can see only when we have no eyes.

Why?
An eye is not an eye
and a mountain is not a mountain.

What is this mountain like?
A mountain is an eye
and an eye is a mountain.

Written by
MASTER SUBUL SUNIM
Director of Anguk Zen Center
and Dongguk University's
International Seon Center
Translated by Boo Ahm
(Song Soo-kyong)