Thursday, February 14, 2008

11th February

The astonished Emperor Wu asked Bodhidharma, "What is the holy truth of Buddhism?" Bodhidharma replied, "Limitless emptiness - and nothing holy in it."

Here Bodhidharma defines Buddhism as emptiness, the Absolute. To judge something as holy or unholy is to form an opinion. To form an opinion is to lock-up natural order, to lock up Life.

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