Go As A River - Calligraphy – Parallax Press

Stillness makes for a capable mirror. Look down in a rough and fast current, and you won’t see a thing. Still water allows you to lean in without danger and really see yourself. And in doing so, you may remember a liberty over yourself that is easily forgotten when things are jostling you about.

Our life can be seen as a crossing of a river. The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.

The prayer word has gradually changed from being like a shield of protection to being like a riverbed at one with the river. The riverbed makes no comment on what is coming from upstream and passing downstream.