Wu Chin. for satori.
Wu Chin., lit. “nonbeing,” emptiness; a basic concept in Taoist philosophy; the absence of qualities perceivable by the senses. Wu is the essential characteristic of the Tao, but may also refer to a Taoist so imbued with the Tao that he has become free of all desires and passions, i.e., empty.
Chapter 11 of the Tao-te ching (Feng & English 1972) describes the nature of emptiness as follows:
Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub;
It is the centre hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
It is the holes which make them useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there;
Usefulness from what is not there.
Chapter 5 (ibid.) states:
The space between heaven and earth is like a bellows.
The shape changes but not the form;
The more it moves, the more it yields.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Shambhala Publications, Inc.
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