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This ceremony venerates a bell that lacks every property a bell should have—yet is treated with reverence. This reflects the Taoist embrace of emptiness as generative. By performing an elaborate ritual around nothing, the monks acknowledge that form and function are often illusions we cling to out of habit.
By Darkus HobartThis ceremony venerates a bell that lacks every property a bell should have—yet is treated with reverence. This reflects the Taoist embrace of emptiness as generative. By performing an elaborate ritual around nothing, the monks acknowledge that form and function are often illusions we cling to out of habit.