Excellent explanation! Thanks for sharing. Btw Adyashanti once said that the Buddhist concept of emptiness is probably more similar to our concept of spirit than of nothingness
I'm studying the Heart Sutra. I'm finding it difficult, but thankfully I am familiar with Buddhist style and terminology from reading other sutras and literature. As a Westerner, the only way I can wrap my head around the concepts of form and emptiness is to characterize form as 'selfness' and emptiness as 'selfnessless.' Is that an appropriate analogy?
There are multiple layers of realization to this sutra. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form; servers as a mantra that a monk might study for a lifetime. And please understand, study does not just mean using intellect because that leads to just a superficial understanding. Meditation enables prajna that leads to deeper insight. Ultimately, the depth of enlightenment is endless. So to answer the question: keep going!
You always deliver top-notch content. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos! Whoever watching this video hope you will achieve what you wanted in life ☘☘
Emptiness is an ontological actuality. It is not as simple as a mode of perception. Emptiness is not clearly defined in Buddhist scriptures and therefore most explanations are "best guesses." The Buddha did at least once state emptiness as "no-self." However, he also said in regards to all conditioned phenomena -- "Here no substance can be found." This last statement seems to indicate an ontological absolute. Phenomena are not nothing, but phenomena are ultimately empty of object content. The understanding of which is quite challenging.
@@Coldinferno8482 I agreed with the title of this video that -- "The Buddha Never Taught Emptiness as Nothingness." The Buddha said -- "He who sees the arising of the world doesn't hold the view of non-existence." He who sees the ceasing of the world (impermanence) doesn't hold the view of existence." Following these words he goes on to teach about Dependent Origination and the twelve-fold chain. Other than talking about all phenomena being "empty of self," the records of the Buddha's teaching do not clarify exactly what constitutes emptiness. Many might be satisfied that emptiness means -- "empty of self." The question is -- is there more to "emptiness" than that. Other suttas of the Buddha would imply that there is more to it than that. My opinion is that all appearing phenomena consist of hollow and empty opposing pressures (inward and outward pressures) and the interactions of these pressures produce appearing phenomena. Since these opposing pressures are hollow and empty, appearing phenomena are also intrinsically hollow and empty: hollow and empty pressures. In brief, what we are experiencing are essentially complex echoes of interacting hollow and empty opposing pressures. As such, all is emptiness. This conclusion was arrived at after years of closely and deeply observing causes and effects in everyday phenomena combined with a lot of Buddhist studies and a little science.
Thank you for fhe information presented in this video, but may i ask why you use AI to narrate it? For me this is distracting as i cant forget that i am listening to a computer and not a human. It is like getting a spam call. It lacks authenticity to me. It doesn't lead me to want to listen to any other videos you may have.
Either I am a journey men or this modern day is degenerate because I am barren and please I didn't stop being regular but now who is twisted because fear isn't social disorder but we expect too much from face value and ignore our core uncommon sense. RG for BUMMA
Wow.. wow... WOW! I've been wrapped up in confusion about your content for decades. But you are getting heavy on the commercials. (Contradictory greed?)
31:27 Buddhism encourages kindness toward all beings.
Love the energy at 10:00, so engaging!
Excellent explanation! Thanks for sharing. Btw Adyashanti once said that the Buddhist concept of emptiness is probably more similar to our concept of spirit than of nothingness
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I'm studying the Heart Sutra. I'm finding it difficult, but thankfully I am familiar with Buddhist style and terminology from reading other sutras and literature. As a Westerner, the only way I can wrap my head around the concepts of form and emptiness is to characterize form as 'selfness' and emptiness as 'selfnessless.' Is that an appropriate analogy?
There are multiple layers of realization to this sutra. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form; servers as a mantra that a monk might study for a lifetime. And please understand, study does not just mean using intellect because that leads to just a superficial understanding. Meditation enables prajna that leads to deeper insight. Ultimately, the depth of enlightenment is endless. So to answer the question: keep going!
Can you explain more? I am also a westerner, and I am having a hard time not understanding things like this
You always deliver top-notch content. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos! Whoever watching this video hope you will achieve what you wanted in life ☘☘
Thank you so much.
Spot on about the alcohol and retrain the mind
But why not accept what is a problem, and explore where it might guide someone? There is no harm but the value we place on it.
Emptiness is an ontological actuality. It is not as simple as a mode of perception. Emptiness is not clearly defined in Buddhist scriptures and therefore most explanations are "best guesses." The Buddha did at least once state emptiness as "no-self." However, he also said in regards to all conditioned phenomena -- "Here no substance can be found." This last statement seems to indicate an ontological absolute. Phenomena are not nothing, but phenomena are ultimately empty of object content. The understanding of which is quite challenging.
Ok, I don't understand all of the words, but what would you say is "Wrong" with this thinking?
@@Coldinferno8482 I agreed with the title of this video that -- "The Buddha Never Taught Emptiness as Nothingness." The Buddha said -- "He who sees the arising of the world doesn't hold the view of non-existence." He who sees the ceasing of the world (impermanence) doesn't hold the view of existence." Following these words he goes on to teach about Dependent Origination and the twelve-fold chain.
Other than talking about all phenomena being "empty of self," the records of the Buddha's teaching do not clarify exactly what constitutes emptiness. Many might be satisfied that emptiness means -- "empty of self." The question is -- is there more to "emptiness" than that. Other suttas of the Buddha would imply that there is more to it than that.
My opinion is that all appearing phenomena consist of hollow and empty opposing pressures (inward and outward pressures) and the interactions of these pressures produce appearing phenomena. Since these opposing pressures are hollow and empty, appearing phenomena are also intrinsically hollow and empty: hollow and empty pressures. In brief, what we are experiencing are essentially complex echoes of interacting hollow and empty opposing pressures. As such, all is emptiness. This conclusion was arrived at after years of closely and deeply observing causes and effects in everyday phenomena combined with a lot of Buddhist studies and a little science.
Thank you for fhe information presented in this video, but may i ask why you use AI to narrate it? For me this is distracting as i cant forget that i am listening to a computer and not a human. It is like getting a spam call. It lacks authenticity to me. It doesn't lead me to want to listen to any other videos you may have.
Either I am a journey men or this modern day is degenerate because I am barren and please I didn't stop being regular but now who is twisted because fear isn't social disorder but we expect too much from face value and ignore our core uncommon sense. RG for BUMMA
Is a person able to meditate when his brain is disturbed? Say because of hard blow to the head or a disease like Dimentia Alzheimer .
Wow.. wow... WOW!
I've been wrapped up in confusion about your content for decades.
But you are getting heavy on the commercials. (Contradictory greed?)
Like what?
he teach embrace nothingness
Yes. And what are you getting from nothing?