“The mistake we make is to turn upon our past with angry wholesale negation. … The way of wisdom is to treat it airily, lightly, wantonly, and in a spirit of poetry; and above all to use its symbols, which are its spiritual essence, giving them a new connotation, a fresh meaning.” WayGivingUsePastSpiritualSpiritTurnsMistakeEssenceTreatsAngrySymbolsOur PastNegationConnotationWholesale Author:John Cowper Powys
“The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.” WayGoalPracticeEssenceAppearanceAttachmentTaoDetachment Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma