Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘If you seek a kind of wisdom that is unchanging, an eternal wisdom that exists in and of itself, something that just is what it is without reference to context, relations, and time, then you seek it unwisely. The sutras recommend instead that you engage in the quest for wisdom without objectifying any of the elements in it – the seeker, what is sought, and the search are all “empty.” Each of these becomes what it is through particular conditions and changes along with alterations in these conditions. The mental demands of this quest are obviously extraordinary, and from various common-sense points of view, lead to baffling and paradoxical consequences.’ (The Six Perfections)