虚きょ静せい

noun

calm and free of worldly desires

A Daoist and Zen concept referring to a state of mental emptiness and tranquility, free from ambition and care. Rare in everyday conversation; mostly encountered in classical or philosophical contexts.

• 老ろう子しは虚きょ静せいの境きょう地ちを理り想そうとした。

  Laozi regarded the state of calm emptiness as an ideal.