Buddhist Emptiness Explained

The Buddhist teaching of emptiness (śūnyatā) can completely transform how you view life and yourself. Here we trace this life-changing insight from its original exposition by the Buddha, through the Mahāyāna teachings of Nāgārjuna, the Yogācāra scholar-monks, all the way to the doctrine of the Tathāgatagarbha (Buddha Nature). As we explore the many twists and turns of śūnyavāda (the teaching of emptiness), we find a rich diversity that nonetheless keeps returning us to one and the same profound insight about the nature of ’things’ and ’selves’. We cover much ground here, including the no-self teaching, whether Buddhism is a form of nihilism, the union of opposites, the interdependence of things, and the nature of conscious awareness... #buddhism #philosophy #wisdom #consciousness #psychology #emptiness #mahayana #buddha ⭐ Support this channel: 💰PayPal Donation: 📨 Subscribe with email: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Recommended Reading ▶ A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy (Steven M. Emmanuel) ▶ An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy (Stephen J. Laumakis) ▶ What the Buddha Taught (Walpola Rahula Thero) ▶ The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching (Thich Nhat Hanh) ▶ Foundations of Buddhism (Rupert Gethin) Free access to Early Buddhist scripture: #answer Learn more about the Tathāgatagarbha: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📺 Recommended viewing ▶ A life-changing video for me: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 Music used 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. a slowed version of 10. 11. 12. 13. based on 14. 15. 16. 17. Check out these artists, especially the prodigious @RMSounds ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps 00:00 INTRODUCTION 01:47 1. NO SUBJECT 06:06 2. NO OBJECT 12:37 3. NO SUBJECT & OBJECT 20:27 4. BUDDHA NATURE 25:00 screen metaphor 26:35 qualities of conscious awareness 35:59 5. NO VIEWS 45:38 CONCLUSION Read the video script here: