 A special transmission outside the scriptures;

No dependence on words and letters;

Direct pointing to the mind of man;
Seeing into one's nature and attaining Buddhahood.
 A Special Transmission Outside Scriptural
Teachings

 --Zen vs. conventional Buddhism

 Does not depend on words and letters

 --koan

 --silence
 Directly points to the human mind

 --No mediators
 —finger and moon
 Master
 scriptures
 Seeing into one’s own nature, attaining
Buddhahood
 xing

 --Buddha Nature
 Important for Zen

 Path to enlightenment

 First appeared 12th c.

 Drawn by Kuoan shiyuan 廓庵師遠