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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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RomanceSerial: SF-03244 Sunday Lecture Commitment, Emptiness, Impermanence, Ego, Karma, Intimacy, Birth-and-Death, Buddha... |
Mar 28 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra, Zazen Mind, Posture, Sangha, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-... |
Mar 07 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Precepts, Karma, Duality, Anger, Fasting, Evil, Offering, Book of Serenity... |
Oct 04 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Spring SesshinSerial: SF-02728 Thursday Emptiness, Zazen, Uchiyama, Letting Go, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction |
Mar 26 1998 Unknown |
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Sunday Lecture Precepts, Emptiness, Offering, Bodhisattva Precepts, New Year, Observe, Ceremony,... |
Jan 04 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Scholarship Conference PaperSerial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,... |
Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period... |
Nov 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Precepts ClassSerial: SF-03532 Brief Review of Class 1 - the Three Refuges Precepts, Emptiness, Three Treasures, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature,... |
Oct 27 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Chao Chou's Four GatesSerial: SF-03239 Sunday Lecture: case 9 of the Blue Cliff Record: "What is Chao Chou?" "East gate, west gate, south gate, north gate" Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ordinary Mind, Blue Cliff... |
Oct 19 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Majjhima Nikaya ClassSerial: SF-03195 Middle-length Discourses Emptiness, confusion, Addiction, Mindfulness, Peace, Religion, Zazen, Four Noble... |
Oct 14 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Genjo Koan workshop Emptiness, Realization, Instruction, Interview, Daily Life, Happiness, Passions,... |
Jun 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Poetry of EnlightenmentSerial: SF-00071 Class Emptiness, Realization, Freedom, Balance, Priest, Bell, Doubt, Emotions, Dragons... |
Feb 04 1997 1 |
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Song of Jewel Mirror SamadhiSerial: SF-00072 5:00 class Buddha Ancestors, Four Noble Truths, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Samadhi,... |
Feb 04 1997 |
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Be Completely Who You AreSerial: SF-02709B Rohatsu Sesshin Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Happiness, Anger, Emotions, Zazen, Ceremony |
Dec 05 1996 Unknown |
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Just Die On ExhalationSerial: SF-02709A Rohatsu Sesshin "(a keeper)" Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Composure, Bodhidharma, Impermanence, Posture... |
Dec 04 1996 Unknown |
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Sandokai Class Evil, Religion, Funeral, Tassajara, Discrimination, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Oneness... |
Nov 25 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Effort - While You're Already Perfect Emptiness, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Transmission, Zazen,... |
Nov 13 1996 Unknown |
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Sandokai Class Emptiness, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma, Separation, Oneness, Light-and-Darkness... |
Nov 13 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Right... |
Oct 03 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Awakening Compassion Through Non-DualitySerial: SF-00084 Wednesday talk. Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-... |
Sep 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Evil, Manjushri, Dragons, Vow, Buddha Nature, Emptiness,... |
May 23 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Emptiness, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death,... |
May 21 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Breathing Intimacy: Zen's Path to Self Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Intimacy, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Dharma... |
Apr 24 1996 Unknown |
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Old Age, Sickness and DeathSerial: SF-03633 One-day sitting - Katagiri in Returning To Silence - Three kinds of thirsting desire Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Funeral, Zazen, Continuous Practice,... |
Apr 20 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-03636 Cassette side B is labeled for a Sunday talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson on the same date - incorrect Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Ordination,... |
Mar 24 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Prajna Paramita Class Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Faith, Realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana... |
Feb 27 1996 Unknown |