“The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.” UniverseSkyPaintingBirthEnlightenmentEmptyPhenomenalBirth And Death Author:Dogen
“the universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.” UniverseEmptyIntimateEmptinessInfinityUniqueness Book:A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen Source: A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen
“If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.” IfsI CanUniverseImagineEmptyBiggerStrangerBladder Book:Old Man's War Boxed Set I Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
“In our present universe, many things are empty stories; amongst all these meaningless stories, love is less meaningless story than others!” LoveStoriesUniverseLove IsEmptyMeaningless Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Church is missing transcendence. My generation was raised on a religion of moral control. Do this. Don't do that. And a lot of self-help religion. Feel better. Get out of debt. Six ways to overcome your fears. Seven ways not to lust. Ultimately that message didn't work. It was empty. There was no transcendence. The omniscient, omnipresent, all-powerful God of the universe wasn't the focus.” WayFeelsSelfHelpingUniverseChurchPowerfulMoralFocusGenerationsMissingSelf HelpSixMessagesEmptyOvercomingRaisedSevenDebtLustWorking ItFeel BetterTranscendenceMy GenerationOmniscientPowerful God Author:Matt Chandler