M. C. Escher
There are neither Buddhas not Patriarchs; Bodhidharma was only an old bearded barbarian. Sakyamundi and Kasyapa, Manjusri and Samantabhadra, are only dungheap coolies….Nirvana and bodhi are dead stumps to tie your donkeys. The twelve divisions of the sacred teachings are only lists of ghosts, sheets of paper fit only for wiping the pus from your boils.
Hsuan-chien
What does Siddhartha see that makes this truth/dharma?
No buddhas, not even a Siddhartha; how can this be?
What is
Siddhartha’s true nature?
Sounding rash but kind, Hsuan-chien cuts off wrong
turns.
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