Happy New Year!

Dharmas all arise from causes and conditions.
Because they arise from causes and conditions, 
they have no own-being.
Because they have no own-being, 
they have no going or coming.
Because they have no going or coming, 
there is nothing obtained.
Because there is nothing obtained, 
in the final analysis they are empty.
Because in the final analysis they are empty,
this is called the perfection of wisdom.
Homage to all the three treasures,
incalculable and vast,
which give rise to unsurpassed supreme 
and perfect awakening. 

– from the Standard Observances for the Soto School, New Year’s ceremony, p. 122