From the chapter "The Symbols of Zen" in David Fontana's Discover Zen:

There is a Zen saying that "everything is symbolic, yet there is no difference between the symbol and the thing symbolized."

(cf. No Concepts At All (2001-02-22), SoSymbolic (2005-03-28), NothingnessShowsThrough (2005-12-06), ...) - ^z - 2009-04-01