My take on this philosophy of emptiness is simply to be yourself, rely on yourself, but first know what it is that you are relying on; and when you find that out, as the Buddha said in his final message to the Brotherhood, "Be a light unto yourself". Same thing my Daddy told me before he ascended, "Son, be your own man". peace and love, yishmirai 😇😢 🙏🏿⭐️
Emptiness preaches in an unending continuum or pure awareness within. No teaching is capable of defining its nature, emptiness in indefinable by nature the point of entry is effortless, effortlessness. 🙏🏼💙
Mahāsuññatasutta (MN 122) is from the Majjhima Nikaya. The significant quote from the sutta:"Therefore, Ānanda, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'May I dwell in emptiness,' that bhikkhu should steady his mind internally, quiet it, bring it to singleness, and concentrate it." which means this is an activity of internal focus, not travel in search of empty spaces.
An idea came - that the emptiness - in Lord Buddha's - supreme case - should be called 'Purity' - as this is the best and finest - human and Divine - way.
2:46 The "MN" after the sutta name does not refer to Minnesota but to Majjhima Nikaya, as much as the Minnesotans might have liked that the Buddha had preached somewhere around Minneapolis... Also - most of the shunyata doctrine is held to be developed by the later Madhyamikas...and Mahayanists. Those two suttas in MN refer to emptiness more literally...🙏🏼🙏🏼
NOT, Shunyata was quite prominent in the Tipitika! Anatta Lakhana Sutta, Phena Sutta are just a few others. Mahayanists however were the greatest practitioners of Shunyata and understood this as a core teaching.
Anatta lakkhana sutta is not about emptiness, it is mainly about soullessness. And soullessness is not emptiness. Emptiness is found teaching of Mahayana Buddhism but not in therawada buddhism. Therawada is the oldest Buddhism than Mahayana Buddhism.
Those who are always fascinated by time and space travels, can try this...The fact that everything is relative to everything else, proves that it is because of our imagination that everything exists. If this is so, Life itself is like Google Earth, where you can jump in and jump out at will. And if you are able to jump out farther enough, all you can see is empty space and nothing else... 🙏 🙏 🙏
We have uploaded the subtitle version as a soft file, you can click on the (CC) button and then you can switch to automatic translation mode into Indonesian!
The term "suññāgāra" (empty place/room) in Anapanasati instructions simply refers to a physically quiet and secluded place suitable for meditation. This is completely different from "suññatā" (emptiness) which is a profound philosophical concept about the nature of reality. In the Nalakalaapa Sutta (SN 12.67), the Buddha uses two reeds supporting each other as a metaphor for the interdependent relationship between nama-rupa (mind-matter). This teaching demonstrates dependent origination (paticca samuppada), not nihilism. The Buddha explicitly rejected both eternalism (sassata-vāda) and nihilism (uccheda-vāda). In the Kaccayanagotta Sutta (SN 12.15), he states: "'Everything exists': That is one extreme. 'Everything doesn't exist': That is a second extreme. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle." Suññatā means phenomena lack inherent, independent existence - they exist dependently. It does not mean nothing exists. As stated in the Cula-suññata Sutta (MN 121), emptiness is about seeing what is present and what is absent, not about negating all existence.
“Emptiness” is Energy which is Formless (Non-Material). Materials (Form) including our physical body are made from multiple Elements which are made from Energy. All Elements, which are Materials (Form), are just different manifestations of Energy (Formless). Our Soul (Consciousness) is made from Energy which is Formless & Eternal… Our Creator is ENERGY 😃🙏
Suffering is a man-made concept, it aligns with the economic structure that we all live in, from the dawn of time, those with more money take our freedom, to believe in pure reality and to stand on the outside of this concept, is to be free.
I agree and disagree with this statement. Suffering is not man made. Suffering is the root of all life. It would be hard to argue that animals in nature do not suffer because they do. An animal being eaten alive does suffer. An animal that is sick and devoured by flies and bugs does suffer. Do they understand suffering in the same way as us? We will never know this. But you know this suffering when you see it in all forms of life. It is not man made. We as humans believe this is all about us, that everything we experience is ours alone to experience, but this is wrong. We are just another animal in nature. That’s all we know. I agree with the rest of what you say. Best of luck in your search.
"Emptiness and Existence are one not two. All dharmas are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble or a shadow, like morning dew or like a lightning flash that appear, spring up in the very spot where they also come to an end. If you ask Buddha what's emptiness, Buddha will speak about the reality of lives. If you ask the Buddha about the reality of life, the Buddha will speak about emptiness. What is delusion and what is illusion? The Buddha told us, phenomena is an illusion. Everything that appear before us is an illusion. Nothing is real. Life is indeed a dream. When your thoughts cease or when you die, all existence disappeared. Deluded person has no wisdom to understand the truth. 🙏🙏🙏Amituofo
If this is true, "When your thoughts cease or when you die, all existence disappears. " Lord Buddha would not spend 45 years preaching what he learned. What do you think?
Being able to release your emotions out of yourself is what the recording is trying to teach everyone else, I personally love the feeling of understanding nothing and master of nothing ness
I don’t mean to be cynical, but when you’re sleeping, you can’t consciously determine which side you sleep on. You might mindfully start out on a given side, but once you fall asleep, you’re no longer in control of which side you end up sleeping on. Reply
Emptiness is potential of manifestation. Empty of cup is potential of holding water. Within Emptiness everything manifest. Everything is dependent nature. Depend leads to change, change leads to temporary. Temporary leads to impermanence, impermanence and Emptiness is one nature.
Yesaṁ sannicayo natthi, ye pariññātabhojanā, suññato animitto ca vimokkho yesa’ gocaro, ākāse va sakuntānaṁ, gati tesaṁ durannayā. For those who have no stores, who know their food aright, for those whose resort is the liberation that is empty or signless, like the birds in the sky, their track is hard to find. (Dhammapada verse 92) Yassāsavā parikkhīṇā, āhāre ca anissito, suññato animitto ca vimokkho yassa gocaro, ākāse va sakuntānaṁ, padaṁ tassa durannayaṁ. For him whose pollutants are destroyed, who is not dependent on the foods, for him whose resort is the liberation that is empty or signless, like the birds in the sky, his footprint’s hard to find. (Dhammapada Verse 93)
U should not attempt to expound Emptiness. From what u spoke, it is clear that u are not qualified to explain Emptiness bcos people who understand Emptiness do not explain it the way u did. Still, it is a reasonable effort.
emptiness is the nature of any experience you have..your denial is result of not seeing it..means you are ignorant and deluded...where in this world you can claim in ur expereince as not being empty of real essence...its all changing yet you still think its not empty..even ur thoughts alone is empty..
On the contrary it is very relevant to this very life. The understanding of the truth of sunyata or emptiness makes you not mentally attached to anything: thoughts, emotions, belongings, ideologies etc. U can have thoughts, wealth, health etc but U have to understand all of them are composite and fleeting. Goods decay, thoughts change, emotions change, everything changes. The root of suffering is the deluded belief that everything exists independently and you resist any change.
Those who are brought up in Buddhism or Christianity will always say that is so because they fall back on their teachings. But if all religions are taken away, where does one stand? Can we still find out?
@@friendsnote.1013 of course someone can. Buddhism is only a label and it is not necessary. You can be an Christian, moslem, Hindu or even an Atheist to understand this truth. Even at the highest level of practice, we shake off all identities and see everything as it is. Buddhism is philosophy and everybody has their own route to understand the truth of life. There is no such dogma that you have to believe and hold on. It is only a way to see life as it is so we can realize that suffering is self dependent. Once you have changed your paradigm based on the most suited way for yourself, you can break off the gripping shackles of self-induced sufferings. Let's take an example: can we find satisfaction and happiness in a luxury mansion? We can't because those people living in shuts can feel happy too while the rich can still feel empty living in their houses. Buddhism teaches us the realization that everything is not absolute and it all stems from the way we think. Once you have come to terms with this reality, no matter whether you confess a religion or not, whether you are rich or educated or not, you can always feel content. That's all.
In rigpa one truly sees emptiness and the truth. Life then is so much easier and full of joy. But if you are only wanting to make samsara feel joyful, you will never succeed in that, and live in a state of dis-ease
What load Buddha was explained as emptiness is, each person create billions of thoughts in a second. If you take a one thought that thought appeared and it deserpierse
My take on this philosophy of emptiness is simply to be yourself, rely on yourself, but first know what it is that you are relying on; and when you find that out, as the Buddha said in his final message to the Brotherhood, "Be a light unto yourself". Same thing my Daddy told me before he ascended, "Son, be your own man".
peace and love,
yishmirai
😇😢 🙏🏿⭐️
Emptiness preaches in an unending continuum or pure awareness within. No teaching is capable of defining its nature, emptiness in indefinable by nature the point of entry is effortless, effortlessness. 🙏🏼💙
Mahāsuññatasutta (MN 122) is from the Majjhima Nikaya. The significant quote from the sutta:"Therefore, Ānanda, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'May I dwell in emptiness,' that bhikkhu should steady his mind internally, quiet it, bring it to singleness, and concentrate it."
which means this is an activity of internal focus, not travel in search of empty spaces.
New points of emptiness emerge from points of nothingness/time with interdependence according to logic. Many thanks. ❤❤
An idea came - that the emptiness - in Lord Buddha's - supreme case - should be called 'Purity' - as this is the best and finest - human and Divine - way.
Thank you for understanding me 😢and this beautiful record
Sadhu 🌻
2:46 The "MN" after the sutta name does not refer to Minnesota but to Majjhima Nikaya, as much as the Minnesotans might have liked that the Buddha had preached somewhere around Minneapolis...
Also - most of the shunyata doctrine is held to be developed by the later Madhyamikas...and Mahayanists. Those two suttas in MN refer to emptiness more literally...🙏🏼🙏🏼
NOT, Shunyata was quite prominent in the Tipitika!
Anatta Lakhana Sutta, Phena Sutta are just a few others.
Mahayanists however were the greatest practitioners of Shunyata and understood this as a core teaching.
Anatta lakkhana sutta is not about emptiness, it is mainly about soullessness. And soullessness is not emptiness. Emptiness is found teaching of Mahayana Buddhism but not in therawada buddhism. Therawada is the oldest Buddhism than Mahayana Buddhism.
Amazing Chanel thanks from Canada
When one reaches NoWhere, then they arrive NowHere 🙏
Klaus Schulze has a song called NoWhere NowHere on Body Love volume 2. I'm a big fan of his music.
Those who are always fascinated by time and space travels, can try this...The fact that everything is relative to everything else, proves that it is because of our imagination that everything exists. If this is so, Life itself is like Google Earth, where you can jump in and jump out at will. And if you are able to jump out farther enough, all you can see is empty space and nothing else... 🙏 🙏 🙏
Substitle please bro. I am from indonesia. I dont know english. Thank u bro
We have uploaded the subtitle version as a soft file, you can click on the (CC) button and then you can switch to automatic translation mode into Indonesian!
The term "suññāgāra" (empty place/room) in Anapanasati instructions simply refers to a physically quiet and secluded place suitable for meditation. This is completely different from "suññatā" (emptiness) which is a profound philosophical concept about the nature of reality.
In the Nalakalaapa Sutta (SN 12.67), the Buddha uses two reeds supporting each other as a metaphor for the interdependent relationship between nama-rupa (mind-matter). This teaching demonstrates dependent origination (paticca samuppada), not nihilism.
The Buddha explicitly rejected both eternalism (sassata-vāda) and nihilism (uccheda-vāda). In the Kaccayanagotta Sutta (SN 12.15), he states:
"'Everything exists': That is one extreme. 'Everything doesn't exist': That is a second extreme. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle."
Suññatā means phenomena lack inherent, independent existence - they exist dependently. It does not mean nothing exists. As stated in the Cula-suññata Sutta (MN 121), emptiness is about seeing what is present and what is absent, not about negating all existence.
“Emptiness” is Energy which is Formless (Non-Material).
Materials (Form) including our physical body are made from multiple Elements which are made from Energy.
All Elements, which are Materials (Form), are just different manifestations of Energy (Formless).
Our Soul (Consciousness) is made from Energy which is Formless & Eternal…
Our Creator is ENERGY
😃🙏
Suffering is a man-made concept, it aligns with the economic structure that we all live in, from the dawn of time, those with more money take our freedom, to believe in pure reality and to stand on the outside of this concept, is to be free.
I agree and disagree with this statement. Suffering is not man made. Suffering is the root of all life. It would be hard to argue that animals in nature do not suffer because they do. An animal being eaten alive does suffer. An animal that is sick and devoured by flies and bugs does suffer. Do they understand suffering in the same way as us? We will never know this. But you know this suffering when you see it in all forms of life. It is not man made. We as humans believe this is all about us, that everything we experience is ours alone to experience, but this is wrong. We are just another animal in nature. That’s all we know.
I agree with the rest of what you say. Best of luck in your search.
Emptiness is detaching your mind from the “grasping” of the 5 aggregates.
"Emptiness and Existence are one not two. All dharmas are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble or a shadow, like morning dew or like a lightning flash that appear, spring up in the very spot where they also come to an end.
If you ask Buddha what's emptiness, Buddha will speak about the reality of lives.
If you ask the Buddha about the reality of life, the Buddha will speak about emptiness.
What is delusion and what is illusion?
The Buddha told us, phenomena is an illusion. Everything that appear before us is an illusion. Nothing is real.
Life is indeed a dream.
When your thoughts cease or when you die, all existence disappeared.
Deluded person has no wisdom to understand the truth.
🙏🙏🙏Amituofo
If this is true, "When your thoughts cease or when you die, all existence disappears. " Lord Buddha would not spend 45 years preaching what he learned. What do you think?
Being able to release your emotions out of yourself is what the recording is trying to teach everyone else, I personally love the feeling of understanding nothing and master of nothing ness
I don’t mean to be cynical, but when you’re sleeping, you can’t consciously determine which side you sleep on. You might mindfully start out on a given side, but once you fall asleep, you’re no longer in control of which side you end up sleeping on.
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Sunyata is empty Ego.👍
Emptiness is the basis of reality
Devoid of emotions,No Lust for wealth and No love for Life is Nirvana.
Emptiness is potential of manifestation.
Empty of cup is potential of holding water.
Within Emptiness everything manifest.
Everything is dependent nature.
Depend leads to change, change leads to temporary. Temporary leads to impermanence, impermanence and Emptiness is one nature.
I heard and watched nothing.
Yesaṁ sannicayo natthi, ye pariññātabhojanā,
suññato animitto ca vimokkho yesa’ gocaro,
ākāse va sakuntānaṁ, gati tesaṁ durannayā.
For those who have no stores,
who know their food aright,
for those whose resort is
the liberation that
is empty or signless,
like the birds in the sky,
their track is hard to find.
(Dhammapada verse 92)
Yassāsavā parikkhīṇā, āhāre ca anissito,
suññato animitto ca vimokkho yassa gocaro,
ākāse va sakuntānaṁ, padaṁ tassa durannayaṁ.
For him whose pollutants
are destroyed, who is not
dependent on the foods,
for him whose resort is
the liberation that
is empty or signless,
like the birds in the sky,
his footprint’s hard to find.
(Dhammapada Verse 93)
Knowing Is Non Being
U should not attempt to expound Emptiness. From what u spoke, it is clear that u are not qualified to explain Emptiness bcos people who understand Emptiness do not explain it the way u did. Still, it is a reasonable effort.
Do you feel empty, Tony?
Emptiness Is by far the most over explained Buddhist concept.
This is ridiculously overly complicated for no reason. So pretentious.
Not really. It's just the same principle of negation applied to different phenomena.
Take off your comerciales
This teaching is so far over my tiny , materialist programmed, limited comprehension , therefore it must be complete rubbish. !
All these theories about emptiness ….? Only theories …..won’t bring one closer to the truth or daily living.
emptiness is the nature of any experience you have..your denial is result of not seeing it..means you are ignorant and deluded...where in this world you can claim in ur expereince as not being empty of real essence...its all changing yet you still think its not empty..even ur thoughts alone is empty..
On the contrary it is very relevant to this very life. The understanding of the truth of sunyata or emptiness makes you not mentally attached to anything: thoughts, emotions, belongings, ideologies etc. U can have thoughts, wealth, health etc but U have to understand all of them are composite and fleeting. Goods decay, thoughts change, emotions change, everything changes. The root of suffering is the deluded belief that everything exists independently and you resist any change.
Those who are brought up in Buddhism or Christianity will always say that is so because they fall back on their teachings. But if all religions are taken away, where does one stand? Can we still find out?
@@friendsnote.1013 of course someone can. Buddhism is only a label and it is not necessary. You can be an Christian, moslem, Hindu or even an Atheist to understand this truth. Even at the highest level of practice, we shake off all identities and see everything as it is. Buddhism is philosophy and everybody has their own route to understand the truth of life. There is no such dogma that you have to believe and hold on. It is only a way to see life as it is so we can realize that suffering is self dependent. Once you have changed your paradigm based on the most suited way for yourself, you can break off the gripping shackles of self-induced sufferings. Let's take an example: can we find satisfaction and happiness in a luxury mansion? We can't because those people living in shuts can feel happy too while the rich can still feel empty living in their houses. Buddhism teaches us the realization that everything is not absolute and it all stems from the way we think. Once you have come to terms with this reality, no matter whether you confess a religion or not, whether you are rich or educated or not, you can always feel content. That's all.
In rigpa one truly sees emptiness and the truth. Life then is so much easier and full of joy. But if you are only wanting to make samsara feel joyful, you will never succeed in that, and live in a state of dis-ease
Wtf is this nonsense?
A full waste bin is useless
Bodhi is a tree
What load Buddha was explained as emptiness is, each person create billions of thoughts in a second. If you take a one thought that thought appeared and it deserpierse