To be empty...

To be empty means to be empty of ego, not in the sense that one functions as a vegetable, but in the sense that one ceases to gauge the events, the persons and the things of one's environment in terms of "I" or "me" or "mine".

A person who is "empty of self" seldom has occasion to use these pronouns...

A person who is truly empty possesses nothing;

his interests lie not with his own needs and desires.

He does not evaluate people as being likeable or unlikable, worthy or unworthy, or as useful or useless.

He neither appreciates nor depreciates anyone.

He simply understands that the Great Buddha Amitabha dwells within every human being, and it is in the interest of this Buddha Self that he invests himself.


The Teachings of Hsu Yun -