“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.
