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Nothing Matters: About the Idea of "Emptiness"
Nothing Matters: About the Idea of "Emptiness"
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29 minutes
Released:
Jan 17, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
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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Guests
Janet Gyatso, Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard Divinity School
Daniel Matt, Scholar of Jewish Mysticism
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Released:
Jan 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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