nothing to be born, nothing to perish

wim wenders

 

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

 

sever the attachments of mind and self

this mysterious place

 

To

realize the Way you

must die and stay dead and

go on living. With one mighty blow,

sever the attachments of mind

and self and dwell in

emptiness.

 

Pouring

emptiness into emptiness

like waves coming to shore,

you become quiet,

luminous,

still.

 

Where

before there were

ten thousand entanglements, now

there is undifferentiated

Oneness, clarity,

peace.

 

Wei wu Wei Ching, Chapter 3

i ching / hexagram 3 ☯️ difficulty at the beginning

 

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