# Nothing Holy about It

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- Book: [Nothing Holy about It](https://www.bookquiver.com/tim-burkett/nothing-holy-about-it) ([Nothing Holy about It.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tim-burkett/nothing-holy-about-it.md))
- Authors: [Tim Burkett](https://www.bookquiver.com/tim-burkett), [Norman Fischer](https://www.bookquiver.com/norman-fischer)
- Publisher: shambhala
- ISBN: 978-16-1180-194-1
- Pages: 312
- Published: 2015-04-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When Bodhidharma, the legendary first ancestor of Zen, was asked about the main principle of his holy teaching, he’s said to have replied: “A vast emptiness—with nothing holy about it!”...