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The Emptiness of Emptiness 空亦復空
Posted January 27, 2022
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Albert Einstein
(1950)
A human being is a part of the whole called by us the universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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No dead language can produce a living literature.
— Hu Shi (1934)
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‘ … Cessation … ‘. Photo: M. Cynog Evans
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Chan Master Huang Po
(9th Century):
Mind is the Buddha, while the cessation of conceptual thought is the Way.
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Anything possessing ANY signs is illusory.
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bill bissett, the rivr uv yr dreems, acrylik on canvas, 2020
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