I cried, for happiness, for sadness,
but most of all, for emptiness.
-Daul Kim
The emptiness referred to in the teachings
is not a vacancy of a hollowness.
It is not an escape from ourselves;
it is the laying bare of ourselves.
-Judith Blackstone
People are afraid of the emptiness of space,
or the absence of company, the absence of shadow...
It is generally a fear a space,
a fear that we will not be able to anchor ourselves to any solid ground,
that we will lose out identity as a fixed and solid and definite thing.
-Chogyam Trungpa
or the absence of company, the absence of shadow...
It is generally a fear a space,
a fear that we will not be able to anchor ourselves to any solid ground,
that we will lose out identity as a fixed and solid and definite thing.
-Chogyam Trungpa
Emptiness is the countermeasure against a dark cloud
Of contaminated knowledge and emotions.
He who wishes to achieve enlightenment soon
Should meditate on emptiness.
-Bodhicharyavatara
Look upon the body as unreal,
an image in a mirror,
the reflection of the moon in water.
Contemplate the mind as formless,
yet bright and pure.
Not a single thought arising,
empty, yet perceptive;
still, yet illuminating;
complete like the great emptiness,
containing all that is wonderful.
-Han Shan Te'-Ch'ing
The mind has neither color nor form.
Search for it: it is nowhere.
Emptiness!
-Shabkar
Search for it: it is nowhere.
Emptiness!
-Shabkar
No matter how hard you try to find the root,
you'll only find emptiness.
-Master Geumo
you'll only find emptiness.
-Master Geumo
Form is emptiness and emptiness is form.
-Heart Sutra
-Heart Sutra
The emptiness of one thing
Represents the emptiness of all things.
-Chatuhstaka
Represents the emptiness of all things.
-Chatuhstaka
Unborn emptiness has let go of the extremes of being and non-being.
Thus it is both the center itself and the central path.
Emptiness is the track on which the centered person moves.
-Tsongkhapa
Harmonize all that which emerges before you
With its fundamental nature of emptiness.
-Sahara
Harmonize all that which emerges before you
With its fundamental nature of emptiness.
-Sahara
Your inner emptiness conceals just as great a fullness,
if you would only allow it to penetrate you.
-Anonymous
There is no end to the fullness of emptiness.
-Chandra Mohan Jain "Osho"
if you would only allow it to penetrate you.
-Anonymous
There is no end to the fullness of emptiness.
-Chandra Mohan Jain "Osho"
In the volume of skylike emptiness,
Write with letters of pure awareness and wisdom.
Impart instructions for many diverse methods -
Proclaim the teachings in a stream that's unceasing!
-quoted by Miranda Shaw in
Passionate Enlightenment; Women in Tantric Buddhism
Write with letters of pure awareness and wisdom.
Impart instructions for many diverse methods -
Proclaim the teachings in a stream that's unceasing!
-quoted by Miranda Shaw in
Passionate Enlightenment; Women in Tantric Buddhism
