I searched for a Zen phrase suited to July and found this one.  It apparently means draining the water of a great river to the dregs or, furthermore, drinking up the whole universe.  In other words, it is supposed to mean you must absorb everything in the cosmos and eventually be non-being rather than stay in a half-hearted attitude.

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7月に相応しい禅語を探したら、これが見つかりました。大河の水を一口で飲み尽くすとか、それどころか、宇宙全体を飲み尽くすという境涯とか。つまり生半可な状態に停まらず余すことなく一切を吸収し無になれという意味のようです。

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