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Emptiness Talks
Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā lit. "emptiness", "voidness", "vacuity") is an Indian philosophical concept in Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions. The concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context: 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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Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Skandhas, Light-and-Darkness, Doubt, Emotions |
Jun 06 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Manjushri, Karma, Impermanence, Emotions, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-... |
May 30 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Intimacy, Posture, Karma, Blue Cliff Record, Don't Know Mind,... |
May 23 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Surangama Sutra Class Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Practice Period, Three Treasures, Emptiness, Buddha... |
May 16 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Women Ancestors Transmission, Soto Zen, Realization, Priest-and-Lay, Emptiness, Ceremony, Demons,... |
May 13 2000 1 |
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Sesshin Lecture Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Practice Period, Intimacy, Birth-and-Death, Hate, Non-... |
Apr 12 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sesshin Lecture Skandhas, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Interdependence, Buddha Ancestors, Hate, Suzuki... |
Apr 11 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Embracing Groundlessness: Zen's Infinite Dance Emptiness |
Apr 01 2000 City Center |
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Works of Dogen ClassSerial: SF-03199 Tuesday Class Buddha Ancestors, Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Liberation, Transmission, Bodhidharma,... |
Mar 14 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Works of Dogen ClassSerial: SF-03198 Tuesday Class Delusion, Doubt, Buddha Ancestors, Emptiness, Teacher-and-Student |
Mar 07 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03652 Monday Class Book of Serenity, Realization, Mahayana, Posture, Karma, Emptiness |
Mar 06 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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January Practice Period Class Heart Sutra, Duality, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Liberation, Two... |
Jan 19 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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January Practice Period Class Emptiness |
Jan 15 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Ceremony, Emotions |
Jan 09 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Embracing Mindfulness as Everyday Enlightenment Zazen, Emptiness |
Dec 07 1999 City Center |