Such trust in ourselves comes from realizing that we do not have to sacrifice ourselves to neurosis.

Outrageousness here is a sense of direct conviction, in which you feel intense humor, or intense energy and power, penetrating inside.

Therefore, the mind develops a sense of openness and peacefulness, and the body develops an absence of speed and aggression.

if you present your work of art as a completely full message without spelling out every word of it, then you have just given the public a corner of what you might say.

They enter from the west because they would like to make a relationship with their community members, the sangha. They enter from the north because they would also like to activate or motivate working with the sangha.

Dharma art is natural awareness. You do not need to make a special effort or have a chunk of time in order to do a good job.

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—

gentleness and innate goodness. This is the first karma, which is the principle of peace, or pacifying.

Looking is prajna, intellect; seeing is wisdom [jnana].