Meditation: The Emptiness of Self

28/04/2024 36 min
Meditation: The Emptiness of Self

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Episode Synopsis

In our Indian Buddhist Philosophy course, we have been discussing various ways of understanding the Buddhist concept of anatman, “no-self” using philosophical analysis. According to this analysis emptiness is defined as the lack of an inherent, independently existing permanent self. Even though we may understand intellectually that the self does not have a permanent, indivisible, and independent existence, it feels as if it does. In this guided meditation, we explore the self-illusion by turning towards our direct experience – that is we explore emptiness experientially.