New Books in Buddhist Studies

Nothing Matters: About the Idea of "Emptiness"

Jan 17, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Fear of Nothingness

3min

The History of Zero

5min

The Unimaginable Immensity of the Universe

3min

The Importance of Egoism

2min

The Problem With Nihilism

3min

The Relativivism of Buddhism

2min

The Paradox of Kabbalah

1min

The Importance of Knowing the Truth

2min

10.

Culture Hustlers

3min

Between the Buddhist doctrine of ‘emptiness,’ the Jewish idea of Ayin, and the quantum mechanical zero-point energy of a vacuum, it turns out there’s quite a lot to be said about Nothing.

Guests

Janet Gyatso, Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard Divinity School
Daniel Matt, Scholar of Jewish Mysticism

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