Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing wher…

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, Form is emptiness. That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, Emptiness is form. One should not think that these are two seperate things. ✨ Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson (2002). Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, p.70, Kodansha International
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