Summary: Series Description: The Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna (ca. 150 C.E.) famously articulated the notion of emptiness or sunyata as a tool for understanding ultimate reality. Based on selected primary texts such as his Wisdom, this seminar explores Nagarjuna's thought and its powerful effect on subsequent Buddhist philosophy. Inquiring into the key concept of sunyata, we will see how it relates to interdependence and compassion, and we will ask how it is possible to experience sunyata in meditative practice. Episode Description: In this, part 2 of the Saturday afternoon session, John opens with one final argument regarding who "you" are. Are you the same or different from the "pycho-physical stuff?" Are you as the subject changing over time? Is there anything that seems persistant about one's perspective? These questions lead the discussion into an exploration of the Philosophy of Yogacara, Ultimately exploring the notion that everything that we perceive is as being "out there," is actually "in here" (our mind). That fundamentally everything is "in here" and that there is no separation between out there and in here. Which in itself a kind of sunyata - the "emptiness of subject object duality." For teacher BIO, please see Part 1. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: Revealing Nagarjuna Series: All 12 Parts
