“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 cloud represents the creative power of the mind, which can assume any imaginable form. It is the ideal medium of creation for the enlightened mind, which manifests itself on the plane of timeless meditative vision.” MindFormVisionCreativeAwarenessCreationIdealsAssumingCloudsMediumsPlanesEnlightenedTimelessPower Of The MindCreative Power Author:Anagarika Govinda