Crucible Quote by Joan Halifax
“In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious today?”
“In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious today?”
![“We have been teaching together [with Kaz] now for more than twenty years in sesshins, in international travel programs in Japan and China, as well as intensives on Buddhism that focus on the work of Zen Master Dogen and Ryokan, as well as on many of the Mahayana sutras.” quote by Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a23/joan-halifax-11817_buddhism_we-have-been-teaching-together-with-kaz_210232.jpg)
![“[Kaz] is a great scholar, very funny - a true man of no rank!” quote by Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d0/joan-halifax-11817_men_kaz-is-a-great-scholar-very-funny-a-true_589104.jpg)
![“I remember having a discussion with [Kaz] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness." I said: "Kaz, everyone is used to the word emptiness for shunyata. This might not sit well with people. He said: "Translator's prerogative!" Then he…” quote by Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/410/joan-halifax-11817_assuming_i-remember-having-a-discussion-with-kaz_727693.jpg)
![“When I can see my face in it [the liquid gold in the crucible] then it is pure.” quote by Amy Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1bc/amy-carmichael-3237_crucible_when-i-can-see-my-face-in-it-the-liquid_106491.jpg)
