I possess the true Dharma eye, the marvelous mind of Nirvana, the true form of the formless, the subtle ()harma ()ate that does not rest on words or letters but is a special transmission outside of the scriptures. This I entrust to Mahākāśyapa.

One day the Buddha silently held up a flower before the assembled throng of his disciples. This was the famous "Flower Sermon." Formally speaking, much the same thing happened in Eleusis when a mown ear of grain was silently shown. Even if our interpretation of this symbol is erroneous, the fact remains that a mown ear was shown in the course of the mysteries and that this kind of "wordless sermon" was the sole form of instruction in Eleusis which we may assume with certainty.〔Jung, C. G. & Kerényi, C. (2005). ''Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis''. Routledge; 2 edition. ISBN 0-415-26742-0. Routledge, p. 179. Source: () (accessed: November 28, 2007)〕