229 – One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 1: Emptiness
The Zen Studies Podcast
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Is There a Physical Form?
Existent things are the manifestation of emptiness. Emptiness cannot possibly manifest or be so apart from existent things which are empty of inherent self-nature. When we realize this, we are liberated. We realize we are free from inherent self-essence. The belief in which turns out to be an enormous burden and a source of great suffering. This is why Kaz-Tanahashi sometimes translates Shunyatta as boundless instead of empty. And I think an even better term is boundarylessness. It's the truth we need to awaken to in our own direct experience.
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