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glimpsing
absolute truth
and forgetting
to apply it
recursively

#Poetry #Tanka
#Buddhism #Sunyata #Emptiness

glimpsing
absolute truth
and forgetting
to apply it
recursively

#Poetry #Tanka
#Buddhism #Sunyata #Emptiness

When #Zen speaks of #emptiness, it does not mean nothing exists. It means nothing exists independently or permanently. A tree depends on soil, rain, sunlight, insects, time, & countless conditions. The same is true of a human being. We are not isolated units. We are relational processes. To understand this is to soften the illusion of separateness. (34/54)

„Silent Sunday“ (2014)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍 University of Zurich, Main Building

#silentsunday #bnw #bnwphotography #photo #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #interior #sunday #tables #emptiness #chairs #university #photography #pattern #shapes #quiet #perspective #PhaseOne #switzerland #schweiz #Foto #SchwarzWeiss #Innenraum #SchwarzWeissFotografie #Sonntag #Tische #Leere #Stühle #stillersonntag #Pause #Universität #Fotografie #Muster #Formen #Perspektive #Ruhe

„Silent Sunday“ (2014)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍 University of Zurich, Main Building

#silentsunday #bnw #bnwphotography #photo #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #interior #sunday #tables #emptiness #chairs #university #photography #pattern #shapes #quiet #perspective #PhaseOne #switzerland #schweiz #Foto #SchwarzWeiss #Innenraum #SchwarzWeissFotografie #Sonntag #Tische #Leere #Stühle #stillersonntag #Pause #Universität #Fotografie #Muster #Formen #Perspektive #Ruhe

„Silent Sunday“ (2014)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍 University of Zurich, Main Building

#silentsunday #bnw #bnwphotography #photo #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #interior #sunday #tables #emptiness #chairs #university #photography #pattern #shapes #quiet #perspective #PhaseOne #switzerland #schweiz #Foto #SchwarzWeiss #Innenraum #SchwarzWeissFotografie #Sonntag #Tische #Leere #Stühle #stillersonntag #Pause #Universität #Fotografie #Muster #Formen #Perspektive #Ruhe

„Silent Sunday“ (2014)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍 University of Zurich, Main Building

#silentsunday #bnw #bnwphotography #photo #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #interior #sunday #tables #emptiness #chairs #university #photography #pattern #shapes #quiet #perspective #PhaseOne #switzerland #schweiz #Foto #SchwarzWeiss #Innenraum #SchwarzWeissFotografie #Sonntag #Tische #Leere #Stühle #stillersonntag #Pause #Universität #Fotografie #Muster #Formen #Perspektive #Ruhe

„Silent Sunday“ (2014)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍 University of Zurich, Main Building

#silentsunday #bnw #bnwphotography #photo #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #interior #sunday #tables #emptiness #chairs #university #photography #pattern #shapes #quiet #perspective #PhaseOne #switzerland #schweiz #Foto #SchwarzWeiss #Innenraum #SchwarzWeissFotografie #Sonntag #Tische #Leere #Stühle #stillersonntag #Pause #Universität #Fotografie #Muster #Formen #Perspektive #Ruhe

"What I didn't expect was how difficult it would be. I relate it somewhat to the feeling I have with working out. Often times I want to avoid it because it's hard, but I'm always happy when I push through and complete it."

#focus #emptiness #meditation

https://www.alexselimov.com/posts/men_who_stare_at_walls/

New post: Emptiness announce seventh album ‘Nowhere Speaks’ https://moshville.co.uk/news/2026/04/emptiness-announce-seventh-album-nowhere-speaks/ #Emptiness

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@CuratedNietzsche/116373416049130156

No they are not. No it is not. I forgot what I was going to say next 🤯

#philosophy #Western #emptiness

I thought it was Schopenhauer who was said to have found the #dhamma.

Is it a problem that I get my Western philosophy education in sound bites from a micro-blogging platform? 🤷

"First, one puts an end to what is not meritorious.
In the middle, one puts an end to identity.
Later, one puts an end to all views.
Those who understand this are skilled."

Aryadeva - Four Hundred Verses

#Madhyamaka #Sunyata #emptiness #middleway #meditation

"First, one puts an end to what is not meritorious.
In the middle, one puts an end to identity.
Later, one puts an end to all views.
Those who understand this are skilled."

Aryadeva - Four Hundred Verses

#Madhyamaka #Sunyata #emptiness #middleway #meditation

"First, one puts an end to what is not meritorious.
In the middle, one puts an end to identity.
Later, one puts an end to all views.
Those who understand this are skilled."

Aryadeva - Four Hundred Verses

#Madhyamaka #Sunyata #emptiness #middleway #meditation

"First, one puts an end to what is not meritorious.
In the middle, one puts an end to identity.
Later, one puts an end to all views.
Those who understand this are skilled."

Aryadeva - Four Hundred Verses

#Madhyamaka #Sunyata #emptiness #middleway #meditation

"First, one puts an end to what is not meritorious.
In the middle, one puts an end to identity.
Later, one puts an end to all views.
Those who understand this are skilled."

Aryadeva - Four Hundred Verses

#Madhyamaka #Sunyata #emptiness #middleway #meditation

☸️ Tendency (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

Tags: #Emptiness #Vipassana #Enlightenment #BuddhaQuotes
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn18.21

☸️ Tendency (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

Tags: #Emptiness #Vipassana #Enlightenment #BuddhaQuotes
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn18.21

☸️ Tendency (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

Tags: #Emptiness #Vipassana #Enlightenment #BuddhaQuotes
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn18.21

☸️ Tendency (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

Tags: #Emptiness #Vipassana #Enlightenment #BuddhaQuotes
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn18.21

☸️ Tendency (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

Tags: #Emptiness #Vipassana #Enlightenment #BuddhaQuotes
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn18.21

"The universe in its own unique way, was slapping me silly and asking me to stop. And just try and be happy with what I have. Not find happiness with what I can have next. After all, in the end, it is about knowing what I am seeking really.

"The pattern repeats. Objects are what change.

"Things that somehow add up and pile up. Another new pen. Another new nib, new notebook. It’s all a distraction. Things that seem to bring happiness, but in the end are nothing but distractions from life and the emptiness of it." — Om Malik

So true.

#Tanha #desire #emptiness #materialism

https://om.co/2026/03/13/tanha-our-modern-consumerism/

"The universe in its own unique way, was slapping me silly and asking me to stop. And just try and be happy with what I have. Not find happiness with what I can have next. After all, in the end, it is about knowing what I am seeking really.

"The pattern repeats. Objects are what change.

"Things that somehow add up and pile up. Another new pen. Another new nib, new notebook. It’s all a distraction. Things that seem to bring happiness, but in the end are nothing but distractions from life and the emptiness of it." — Om Malik

So true.

#Tanha #desire #emptiness #materialism

https://om.co/2026/03/13/tanha-our-modern-consumerism/

"The universe in its own unique way, was slapping me silly and asking me to stop. And just try and be happy with what I have. Not find happiness with what I can have next. After all, in the end, it is about knowing what I am seeking really.

"The pattern repeats. Objects are what change.

"Things that somehow add up and pile up. Another new pen. Another new nib, new notebook. It’s all a distraction. Things that seem to bring happiness, but in the end are nothing but distractions from life and the emptiness of it." — Om Malik

So true.

#Tanha #desire #emptiness #materialism

https://om.co/2026/03/13/tanha-our-modern-consumerism/

You are absolutely #worth your weight in #priceless and #timeless #value forever.

What holds your #focus is not #emptiness it's #certainty of #being #present #here and #now as such.

Nobody #builds #perfection but everybody can build #perfect #purpose in part that establishes a greater whole of its #puzzle by #complexion alone.

In #truth #miracles do not #waver in their #design they #anchor it.

Seek for #light that does not challenge #inspiration, but instead brings you #clarity to #know it.

You are absolutely #worth your weight in #priceless and #timeless #value forever.

What holds your #focus is not #emptiness it's #certainty of #being #present #here and #now as such.

Nobody #builds #perfection but everybody can build #perfect #purpose in part that establishes a greater whole of its #puzzle by #complexion alone.

In #truth #miracles do not #waver in their #design they #anchor it.

Seek for #light that does not challenge #inspiration, but instead brings you #clarity to #know it.

A quotation from Robert Banks Stewart

   HUCKLE: As far as we know, the sea was calm and empty.
   THE DOCTOR: It may be calm, but it’s never empty.

Robert Banks Stewart (1931-2016) Scottish screenwriter, television producer, journalist
Doctor Who (1963), 13×01 “Terror of the Zygons,” Part 1 (1975-08-30)

More about this quote: wist.info/stewart-robert-banks…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #doctorwho #fourthdoctor #zygons #terrorofthezygons #calmness #doctorwho #emptiness #ocean #perspective #presence #sea #surface #undersea

By Tommy Mitchell

Really love this. I wonder what he saw that put this in his head, it has a feel, like the big bang. Nothing become something. Like fireworks but softer and more consistent. 🤯

#art #aboriginal #australia #booyah #itsAlive #unnerve #relax #everything #light #stars #emptiness #beyond #veil

By Tommy Mitchell

Really love this. I wonder what he saw that put this in his head, it has a feel, like the big bang. Nothing become something. Like fireworks but softer and more consistent. 🤯

#art #aboriginal #australia #booyah #itsAlive #unnerve #relax #everything #light #stars #emptiness #beyond #veil

By Tommy Mitchell

Really love this. I wonder what he saw that put this in his head, it has a feel, like the big bang. Nothing become something. Like fireworks but softer and more consistent. 🤯

#art #aboriginal #australia #booyah #itsAlive #unnerve #relax #everything #light #stars #emptiness #beyond #veil

Bearbeitet:

Are we in the age of What and not How?
#emptiness #english #fractures #impress #outcome #perfect #prompt

https://www.fortschrittsanzeige.de/are-we-in-the-age-of-what-and-not-how/

With AI the old saying "ideas mean nothing" gets fractures. You can enter text and it crea

Mood

#Emptiness #mtg #MagicTheGathering

#gloom #emptiness #cold #winter #snow #photography #nature

#gloom #emptiness #cold #winter #snow #photography #nature

#gloom #emptiness #cold #winter #snow #photography #nature

What if perception is archaeology?
Every sight, every sound—
a trace of something already gone.

A deeper look at Zen, perception, and the nature of reality.

🎥 Watch →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvmu_whp10k

#Zen #Perception #Reality #Emptiness #Awareness #Consciousness #Meditation

‪The Zen Art Center‬
‪@zenartcenter.bsky.social‬
· now
Emptying the mind isn’t about loss.
It’s about making space.

When expectations fall away,
new possibilities reveal themselves.

🎥 Short reflection →
https://youtube.com/shorts/PDp7953CQiI

#Zen #Emptiness #ClearMind #Meditation #Awareness #Possibility

Is free will real?
Is determinism true?
Or is the struggle between them something we’ve misunderstood?

This talk explores consciousness, emptiness, and what it means to live unbound—beyond concepts.

🎥 Watch the full reflection →
https://youtu.be/3mbqA2brCzY

#Zen #Consciousness #FreeWill #Meaning #Meditation #Emptiness #Awareness

#Buddhism and #QuantumPhysics both challenge classical views of independent, permanent entities. #Buddhist notions like #DependentOrigination and #emptiness hold that phenomena lack inherent essence and exist only relationally. #QM shows #reality as probabilistic & context-dependent, w properties emerging through interaction. Though methodologically distinct, both unsettle substance-based #ontologies and stress the relational nature of existence.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_quantum_physics/

#WeekendStories

#Buddhism and #QuantumPhysics both challenge classical views of independent, permanent entities. #Buddhist notions like #DependentOrigination and #emptiness hold that phenomena lack inherent essence and exist only relationally. #QM shows #reality as probabilistic & context-dependent, w properties emerging through interaction. Though methodologically distinct, both unsettle substance-based #ontologies and stress the relational nature of existence.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_quantum_physics/

#WeekendStories

#Buddhism and #QuantumPhysics both challenge classical views of independent, permanent entities. #Buddhist notions like #DependentOrigination and #emptiness hold that phenomena lack inherent essence and exist only relationally. #QM shows #reality as probabilistic & context-dependent, w properties emerging through interaction. Though methodologically distinct, both unsettle substance-based #ontologies and stress the relational nature of existence.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_quantum_physics/

#WeekendStories

#Buddhism and #QuantumPhysics both challenge classical views of independent, permanent entities. #Buddhist notions like #DependentOrigination and #emptiness hold that phenomena lack inherent essence and exist only relationally. #QM shows #reality as probabilistic & context-dependent, w properties emerging through interaction. Though methodologically distinct, both unsettle substance-based #ontologies and stress the relational nature of existence.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_quantum_physics/

#WeekendStories

#Buddhism and #QuantumPhysics both challenge classical views of independent, permanent entities. #Buddhist notions like #DependentOrigination and #emptiness hold that phenomena lack inherent essence and exist only relationally. #QM shows #reality as probabilistic & context-dependent, w properties emerging through interaction. Though methodologically distinct, both unsettle substance-based #ontologies and stress the relational nature of existence.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_quantum_physics/

#WeekendStories

A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 6 (1963)

More about this quote: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/80…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mignonmclaughlin #emptiness #fulfilment #revenge #vengeance #retribution

Everything is such, not such, both such and not such, and neither such and not such: this is the #Buddha's admonition. - The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā of #Nāgārjuna.
#Buddhism #Emptiness #Śūnyatā