nothing to be born, nothing to perish

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All Buddhas preach emptiness.

Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas

of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness,

he betrays all Buddhas. One clings to life although there is nothing to be

called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be

called death. In reality there is nothing to be born,

consequently, there is nothing

to perish.

 

Bodhidharma

 

this is the way of heaven


 

Filling

to fullness is not

as good as stopping

at the right

moment.

 

Oversharpening

a blade causes its edge to be lost.

Line your home with treasures and you

won’t be able to defend it. Amass possessions,

establish positions, display your pride:

Soon enough disaster drives

you to your

knees.

 

This is the

way of heaven:

do your work, then

quietly step

back.

 

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 9


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