The Usefulness of Emptiness
On August 22, 2011
During the past few weeks, I find myself having to explain the notion of emptiness or selflessness on quite a few occasions and I wonder how to present it in a way that conveys some experiences of what it means to be empty.
How can I show that emptiness is not an abstract idea reserved [...]
Looking among the Five Heaps for our Self
On August 8, 2011
In the discourses of the Buddha, there are many occasions when the Buddha questioned the audience with a familiar series of questions regarding the nature of our self. Given that they are in the living presence of an enlightened one, I am sure that the monks, nuns or lay people will pay full attention to [...]
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