“Often nothing keeps the pupil on the move but his faith in his teacher, whose mastery is now beginning to dawn on him .... How far the pupil will go is not the concern of the teacher and master. Hardly has he shown him the right way when he must let him go on alone. There is only one thing more he can do to help him endure his loneliness: he turns him away from himself, from the Master, by exhorting him to go further than he himself has done, and to "climb on the shoulders of his teacher."” WayDoneHelpingMovingTurnsCan DoTeacherOne ThingTeachingLonelinessMastersGoes OnConcernEndureShouldersDawnClimbsMasteryRight WayPupilsLet Him Go Author:Eugen Herrigel
“Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.” FirstsArtistWishTeacherTasksAwakeningCraftsSovereignPupilsArtisans Author:Eugen Herrigel
“Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery.” LyingTalentDangerAssumingMasteryStrainPupils Book:Zen Source: Zen
“This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation. In this respect at least the pupil makes himself independent of all conscious purpose.” NeedsPurposeConsciousIndependentReactionsObservationLightningPupils Book:Zen Source: Zen
“The hand that guides the brush has already caught and executed what floated before the mind at the same moment the mind began to form it, and in the end the pupil no longer knows which of the two-mind or hand -was responsible for the work.” KnowsMindTwoEndsMomentsHandsFormResponsibleCaughtGuidesBrushesPupilsTwo Minds Author:Eugen Herrigel
