Emptiness is actually the middle state between absence and existence. The heart sutra, the most cited sutra of all times, starts with “that ultimately all phenomena are sunyata, empty of an unchanging essence.” Emptiness does not mean nothing exists, it means nothing exists on its own, as everything exists relative to other things that constantly change. This principle is called “wu” in Chinese “ku” in Japanese shunyata in Hindi. “Everything by its very nature is subject to the process of infinite transformation.” – Dogen.What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.” – Tich Nhat Hnah “It is not impermanence that makes us suffer.
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