人生三重界  / rén shēng sān chóng jiè /
Three Statuses of Mind 
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人生三重界
南宋‧青原行思禪師(生卒年不詳)

參禪前,
看山是山,看水是水;
參禪中,
看山不是山,看水不是水;
悟道後,
看山仍是山,看水仍是水。

──《指月錄》卷二十八

Three Statuses of Mind
Qingyuan Weixin (Years unknown, Southern Song Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

Before Chan,
    a mountain is a mountain, water is water;

During Chan,
    a mountain is no longer a mountain, water is no longer water;

After Chan and enlightenment,
    a mountain is once again a mountain, and water once again water.

── from Zhiyue Lu (Records of Pointing at the Moon)

References:
星雲大師全集【書法類】古德悟道詩 The Complete Works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun: Calligraphy-Poetry 
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