Emptiness Talks

Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā), translated most often as "emptiness", "vacuity", and sometimes "voidness", or "nothingness" is an Indian philosophical concept. Within Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and other philosophical strands, the concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context. It is either an ontological feature of reality, a meditative state, or a phenomenological analysis of experience.

In Theravāda Buddhism, Pali: suññatā often refers to the non-self (Pāli: anattā, Sanskrit: anātman) nature of the five aggregates of experience and the six sense spheres. Pali: Suññatā is also often used to refer to a meditative state or experience.

In Mahāyāna Buddhism, śūnyatā refers to the tenet that "all things are empty of intrinsic existence and nature (svabhava)", but may also refer to the Buddha-nature teachings and primordial or empty awareness, as in Dzogchen, Shentong, or Chan.

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Sesshin Lecture

Perfect Wisdom, Practice Period, training, Bell, Intimacy, Emptiness, Birth-and-Death...
Apr 12 2000
Green Gulch

Sesshin Lecture

Skandas, Heart Sutra, Letting Go, Emptiness, Interdependence, Buddha Ancestors,...
Apr 11 2000
Green Gulch

April 1st, 2000, Serial No. 04026

Emptiness, Two Truths, Separation, Doubt, Non-duality, Zendo, Karma, Faith,...
Apr 01 2000
City Center

Works of Dogen Class

Serial: SF-03199

Tuesday Class

Buddha Ancestors, Lotus Sutra, Balance, Emptiness, Liberation, Transmission,...
Mar 14 2000
Green Gulch

Works of Dogen Class

Serial: SF-03198

Tuesday Class

Delusion, Balance, Letting Go, Doubt, Buddha Ancestors, Emptiness, Dream World, Fox,...
Mar 07 2000
Green Gulch

Fukanzazengi Class

Serial: SF-03652

Monday Class

Instruction, Book of Serenity, realization, Mahayana, Posture, Balance, Karma, Faith...
Mar 06 2000
Green Gulch

January Practice Period Class

Heart Sutra, Duality, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Liberation, Two...
Jan 19 2000
Green Gulch

January Practice Period Class

Emptiness, Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Blue Cliff Record, Posture, Two...
Jan 15 2000
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Emptiness, Emotions, Practice Period, Ceremony, Passions, Letting Go, Enthusiasm,...
Jan 09 2000
Green Gulch

December 7th, 1999, Serial No. 03951

Letting Go, Emptiness, Zazen, Mindfulness, Karma, Faith, soto, Chanting, Lineage,...
Dec 07 1999
City Center

December 5th, 1999, Serial No. 03927

Hindrances, Doubt, Emotions, Enthusiasm, Emptiness, Greed, Silence, Attachment,...
Dec 05 1999
City Center

December 1st, 1999, Serial No. 04062

Vows, Emotions, Letting Go, Humility, Emptiness, Sangha, Patience, resistance,...
Dec 01 1999
City Center

Wednesday Lecture

Bowing, Emptiness, Koan, Suzuki Roshi, soto, Chanting, Tassajara, Posture, Offering,...
Oct 06 1999
City Center

Sunday Lecture

Right Speech, Silence, Emptiness, Lotus Sutra, Letting Go, Conversation, Bowing, Ego...
Jun 06 1999
Green Gulch

Romance

Serial: SF-03244

Sunday Lecture

Commitment, Emptiness, Impermanence, Ego, Karma, Intimacy, Birth-and-Death, Buddha...
Mar 28 1999
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra, Zazen Mind, Posture, Sangha, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-...
Mar 07 1999
Green Gulch

January 2nd, 1999, Serial No. 04060

Vows, Right Effort, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi, Renunciation, Happiness, Emptiness, Soto...
Jan 02 1999
Unknown

Rohatsu

Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Duality, Commitment, Separation, Soto Zen, Emptiness...
Dec 04 1998
City Center

Saturday Lecture

realization, Right Effort, Duality, Attachment, Separation, Emptiness, Emotions,...
Nov 11 1998
City Center

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Book of Serenity, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Duality, Emptiness, Offering, Fasting...
Oct 04 1998
Green Gulch

Saturday Lecture

Oneness, Practice Period, Emptiness, Karma, Daily Life, Separation, Suzuki Roshi,...
Sep 26 1998
City Center

Sunday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Karma, Heart Sutra, Skandas, training, Triple Treasure...
Jun 14 1998
Green Gulch

Wednesday Lecture

Precepts, Impermanence, Separation, resistance, Mindfulness, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi,...
May 20 1998
City Center

Spring Sesshin

Serial: SF-03942

Friday

Ego, Anger, Emotions, Tassajara, Bell, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Samadhi...
Mar 27 1998
Unknown

Spring Sesshin

Serial: SF-02728

Thursday

Emptiness, Zazen, uchiyama, Letting Go, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction
Mar 26 1998
Unknown

Saturday Lecture

Bodhidharma, Emotions, Instruction, Daily Life, Concentration, Letting Go, Lay,...
Feb 28 1998
City Center

Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Non-discrimination, Observe, Dana, realization, Emptiness, Discrimination...
Jan 24 1998
City Center

Wednesday Lecture

Emotions, resistance, Practice Period, Vows, Separation, Anger, Daily Life, Doubt,...
Jan 07 1998
City Center

Sunday Lecture

Precepts, Emptiness, Offering, Bodhisattva Precepts, New Year, Observe, Ceremony,...
Jan 04 1998
Green Gulch

Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 2

Serial: SF-03053

Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette

Describe, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Evil, Heart Sutra, Hate, Liberation, Bell, Zazen,...
1998
Unknown

Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Poems 2

Serial: SF-03506

Copyright 1998 by Gary Snyder - Unedited Preview Cassette - duplicate

Mindfulness, Silence, Hate, Emptiness
1998
Unknown

Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 3

Serial: SF-03054

Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette

Describe, Hate, training, Zendo, Ego, Balance, Bell, Doubt, Faith, Emptiness...
1998
Unknown

Rohatsu Sesshin

Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Separation, Soto Zen, Commitment, Emotions, Doubt,...
Dec 04 1997
Unknown

Scholarship Conference Paper

Serial: SF-03238

Sunday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, soto, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,...
Nov 16 1997
Green Gulch

One-day Sitting Lecture

Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period...
Nov 15 1997
Green Gulch

Precepts Class

Serial: SF-03532

Brief Review of Class 1 - the Three Refuges

Precepts, Emptiness, Triple Treasure, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vows, Buddha Nature,...
Oct 27 1997
Green Gulch

Saturday Lecture

Two Truths, Attachment, Non-attachment, Separation, Tassajara, Dana, Suzuki Roshi,...
Oct 25 1997
City Center

Chao Chou's Four Gates

Serial: SF-03239

Sunday Lecture: case 9 of the Blue Cliff Record: "What is Chao Chou?" "East gate, west gate, south gate, north gate"

Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Suzuki Roshi,...
Oct 19 1997
Green Gulch

Majjhima Nikaya Class

Serial: SF-03195

Middle-length Discourses

Attachment, Addiction, Mindfulness, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Zazen,...
Oct 14 1997
Green Gulch

Mountains And Rivers Without End

Serial: SF-03582

Mountains And Rivers Workshop, Mark Gonnerman, Stanford Humanities Center, Kresge Auditorium

Darkness and Light, Chanting, Evil, Silence, Lay, Emptiness
Oct 09 1997
Stanford University

Mountains And Rivers Without End

Serial: SF-03583

Mountains And Rivers Workshop, Mark Gonnerman, Stanford Humanities Center, Kresge Auditorium

Heart Sutra, New Year, Funeral, Emptiness, Gratitude, Fox, Bowing, Dragons, Obstacles...
Oct 09 1997
Stanford University

Genjo Koan workshop

resistance, Emotions, Daily Life, Passions, Emptiness, Interview, Describe,...
Jun 15 1997
Green Gulch

Poetry of Enlightenment

Serial: SF-00071

Class

realization, Emptiness, Echo, Dragons, Balance, Bell, Priest, Emotions, Freedom,...
Feb 04 1997
1

Song of Jewel Mirror Samadhi

Serial: SF-00072

5:00 class

Buddha Ancestors, Four Noble Truths, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Samadhi,...
Feb 04 1997

Be Completely Who You Are

Serial: SF-02709B

Rohatsu Sesshin

Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Happiness, Anger, Emotions, Zazen, Ceremony
Dec 05 1996
Unknown

Just Die On Exhalation

Serial: SF-02709A

Rohatsu Sesshin "(a keeper)"

Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Composure, Bodhidharma, Impermanence, Posture...
Dec 04 1996
Unknown

Sandokai Class

Evil, Religion, Funeral, Tassajara, Discrimination, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Oneness...
Nov 25 1996
Green Gulch

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