Emptiness Talks
Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā), translated most often as "emptiness", "vacuity", and sometimes "voidness", or "nothingness" is an Indian philosophical concept. In Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and other philosophical strands, the concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context. It is either 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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Each One Of Us Is A CookSerial: SR-00258 Afternoon Sesshin Tea Lecture Sesshin, Emptiness, Forms, Compassion, Pain |
Feb 01 1970 B |
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OLD - Each One Of Us Is A CookSerial: SF-05386A 70 #5 - Sesshin 2-1-70 Emptiness, Interview, Faith |
Feb 01 1970 Unknown |
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“An Unsurpassed, Penetrating Buddha” Emptiness, Subject-and-Object, Interdependence, Observe, Community, Hate, Forms,... |
Feb 08 1970 |
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Selflessness, Being and Non-Being: The Background of ShikantazaSerial: SR-00261 Sesshin Lecture No. 1: Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Evil, Mahayana, Posture, Freedom, Continuous,... |
Feb 23 1970 City Center |
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Non-Dualistic PracticeSerial: SR-00260 Sesshin Lecture No. 3: Sesshin, Big Mind, difficulty, zen, Duality, Karma, Anger, Mahayana, training,... |
Feb 25 1970 City Center |
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Lecture To Prof. Lewis R. Lancaster's Visiting ClassSerial: SR-00259 Practice and enlightnment as forgetting and letting go of everything. Even if we don't know what real practice is, continuing and allowing it to reveal itself. Answering... Buddha, Emptiness, Zazen, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness, Building, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 01 1970 Tassajara |
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Letters From EmptinessSerial: SR-00156 How to Understand the Idea of Emptiness Emptiness, reality, Describe, Doubt, training, Enemies |
Mar 08 1970 City Center |
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Buddha Is Always HereSerial: SR-00051 Sandokai Lecture III [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 5 Reigen myoni kokettari... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Truth, Compassion,... |
Jun 01 1970 Tassajara |
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We Are Just a Tiny Speck of Big BeingSerial: SR-00055 Sandokai Lecture V: Lecture to Professor Weller's Visiting Class [Note. This lecture was given-- as a general introduction... Branching Streams, Sandokai, lecture, Freedom, difficulty, Forms, Evil, Duality,... |
Jun 06 1970 Tassajara |
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The Boat Is Always MovingSerial: SR-00059 Sandokai Lecture VII [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 17 Shidai no sho... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Emptiness, Emotions, Peace, Enemies, Karma, Anger, Hate... |
Jun 13 1970 Tassajara |
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Suffering Is A Valuable ThingSerial: SR-00218 Sandokai Lecture XI [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 33 Bammotsu onozukara... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Suffering, difficulty, Community, Emptiness, Pain,... |
Jun 27 1970 Tassajara |
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Ekō Lecture 2Serial: SR-00229 The Second Morning Eko, Part 1 of 3 [This is the second in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted... Eko, Chanting, Chanting, Anger, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, heart, Karma, Meditation,... |
Jul 10 1970 Tassajara |
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Teisho (Introduced by Jakusho Kwong)Serial: SF-05452-B Mill Valley Zendo, talk by Suzuki Roshi Emptiness, Precepts, Observe, Ego, Evil |
Dec 23 1970 Mill Valley Zendo |
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Not Sticking to EnlightenmentSerial: SF-05445B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #26, by Shundo David Haye ===== It's not completely clear how this talk dropped off the radar, as the tape had been copied and... Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Emptiness |
Feb 12 1971 B City Center |
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Calmness of MindSerial: SR-00151 Sesshin Lecture No. 2 Practice is to expose yourself as you are, express yourself fully. Accepting your teacher's words.... Sesshin, Zazen, Breath, Community, Emptiness, Priest, Pain, Community, heart, Hate,... |
Jun 07 1971 City Center |
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Real Precepts Are Beyond WordsPrecepts, Precepts, reality, Observe, Freedom, sitting, Emptiness, Sangha, Duality,... |
Jul 02 1971 City Center |
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Manifested Three TreasuresPrecepts, Precepts, Emptiness, Priest, Anger, American, Sangha, lecture, Enemies,... |
Jul 06 1971 City Center |
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Wind Stops, But Still Flower FallsSerial: SR-00163 This audio has been improved, so more of the students' questions may be discernible. Faith, Freedom, reality, Dragons, Community, Emptiness, Wisdom, Building, American,... |
Aug 15 1971 Tassajara |