Thu May 21, 2015
Emptiness and Dependent Arising with Guy Newland
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at Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center
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We suffer needlessly because we do not see things as they are. But in the Dharma, things are shown to be empty. Is emptiness some sort of mystical nothingness? Or just another way to say that all things are connected? But in that case, why call it "emptiness"? Emptiness seems to be a daunting topic, but liberation depends on deep familiarity with it. Here is a starting point. Guy Newland is Professor of Religion of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University where he has taught since 1988. He studied Tibetan Buddhism with Jeffrey Hopkins at the University of Virginia and has studied with many Tibetan scholars in the U.S. and India.
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We suffer needlessly because we do not see things as they are. But in the Dharma, things are shown to be empty. Is emptiness some sort of mystical nothingness? Or just another way to say that all things are connected? But in that case, why call it "emptiness"? Emptiness seems to be a daunting topic, but liberation depends on deep familiarity with it. Here is a starting point. Guy Newland is Professor of Religion of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University where he has taught since 1988. He studied Tibetan Buddhism with Jeffrey Hopkins at the University of Virginia and has studied with many Tibetan scholars in the U.S. and India.
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