A sense of conviction brings fearlessness, outrageousness, and a sense of humor.

It is also the idea of daring to let go. The idea is that once there is a sense of richness and of no poverty, we can let go, give away, be generous. This is the source of the third karma, the magnetizing principle.

to get away from his media, which includes his life situation. And for that matter, meditators, who are also artists, should not get away from their media: their passion, aggression, and ignorance—

Basically, the main obstacle to the perception of symbolism is our ego. We are allergic to ourselves;

A sense of nonthinking is necessary at the same time as a sense of the thinking process.

But a work of art doesn’t come out purely transparent, without personality. A work of art always has the smell, so to speak, or the feelings of whoever produced that particular work of art.

The third category of earth is absence of laziness.

Our attitude and integrity as artists are very important. We need to encourage and nourish the notion that we are not going to yield to the neurotic world.

Inspired in this way by our contact with dharma art, there is less room for neurosis. That is the actual project of dharma art, which is both necessary and important.