“If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?” IfsNeedsMindNaturePayAttentionAwarenessCloudsDoctrinePay AttentionUselessPointingInvokeErudition Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“The Zen way of calligraphy is to write in the most straightforward, simple way as if you were a beginner, not trying to make something skillful or beautiful, but simply writing with full attention as if you were discovering what you were writing for the first time; then your full nature will be in your writing.” IfsWayWritingTryingFirstsBeautifulTimeNatureSimpleAttentionFirst TimeDiscoveringStraightforwardSkillfulBeginnersSimple WaysCalligraphy Book:Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind