Doing Calligraphy for Thay is a practice of meditation
Each session of calligraphy begins with the tea
I never write calligraphy without having a cup of tea first
I always mix...
tea with ink
Therefore when you look deeply into the ink
you see the tea inside
and when I hold the brush
I begin to breath in
and for making this circle I begin here,
and I breath in mindfully
so you can see my in breath
in this circle
there is a calm, there is a concentration
there is mindfulness and there is love
The 'me' is made up of 'non me' elements
and that is why when you practice calligraphy
you can touch the insight of no self
of interbeing
because you can not be by yourself alone
you have to inter-be with the whole cosmos
and that is why calligraphy can be a deep practice
and while you do calligraphy you get concentration
you get mindfulness
you get the insight
and the insight of interbeing, the insight on no-self
has the power to liberate us
from fear, anger, suffering, separation
and discrimination