“Emptiness is not a thing, some new toy or crutch to hold on to.  … Even emptiness is empty. It is simply a way of being that releases and lets go of attachments.”Taigen Dan Leighton. (2003). Faces of compassion: classical bodhisattva archetypes and their modern expression. Boston: Wisdom Publ. p, 75; image: Sun in an empty room (1963) by Edward Hopper, oil on canvas, private collection. Courtesy of Fernwood Zendo.

“Emptiness is not a thing, some new toy or crutch to hold on to.  … Even emptiness is empty. It is simply a way of being that releases and lets go of attachments.”

Taigen Dan Leighton. (2003). Faces of compassion: classical bodhisattva archetypes and their modern expression. Boston: Wisdom Publ. p, 75; image: Sun in an empty room (1963) by Edward Hopper, oil on canvas, private collection. Courtesy of Fernwood Zendo.

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