Ep. 616 – The Truth of Emptiness with Susan Piver

Carried by a discourse on The Heart Sutra, teacher and author Susan Piver joins Raghu to explore the truth of emptiness.

Grab your copy of Susan’s book: Inexplicable Joy: On the Heart Sutra

This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Susan chat about:

• Practicing The Heart Sutra with only one syllable: ahh
• The truth of emptiness through recitation of non-truths 
• Understanding emptiness as bliss, not as voidness
• The commitment to self interest that many westerners experience
• Releasing the ego as the first step towards embracing emptiness 
• Being both empty and luminous at the same time
• Thinking of emptiness as complete interconnection and fullness
• Susan’s psychedelic experience: staying in the present, being in the womb of bliss
• The six transcendent actions and how they all spring from generosity 

Check out this free, downloadable translation of The Heart Sutra from Plum Village

“You’re empty of separate existence. Your parents, their parents, their parents, if someone ate a different sandwich a thousand years ago, you wouldn’t be here. Emptiness could just as easily be called fullness, completely connected.” –Susan Piver

About Susan Piver:

Susan Piver has an international reputation as an exceptionally skillful meditation teacher. She teaches workshops and speaks on mindfulness, innovation, communication, relationships, and creativity. Susan has been a student of Buddhism since 1995, graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004, and was authorized to teach meditation in 2005. In 2012, she founded The Open Heart Project, the world’s largest online-only meditation center. Susan is also a New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent book, Inexplicable Joy: On the Heart Sutra, is now available. You can keep up with Susan on Instagram or on her website.

Join Susan for a 5-day Kripalu meditation retreat this November

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