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Kuan Yin and Lao Tzลญ became enthusiastic followers of Tao. They based their system upon nothingness, with One as their criterion. Their outward expression was gentleness and humility. Their inward belief was in unreality and avoidance of injury to all things.
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 33, ยง9 ยท ๐ Read the full passage
โจ To meditate on today
According to Lieh Tzu, who here reports a saying of the sage Kuan Yin, whoever empties themselves within, clinging to nothing, welcomes all beings: they receive them like still water, reflect them like a mirror, answer them like an echo, and, united with the Principle, live in harmony with all. Today, when someone speaks to you, become silent within and welcome them like calm water, without preparing your answer.
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