Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators

Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators

Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators

Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators

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Overview

If everything is empty, then what ceases in Nirvana and is born in rebirth? How can you live in the world without feeling trapped by it? Guy Armstrong tackles these questions and more in this richly informed, practical guide to emptiness for the meditator.

It may seem odd for emptiness to serve as the central philosophy of a major religion. In fact, emptiness points to something quite different than “nothingness” or “vacancy.” And by developing a richer understanding of this complex topic, we can experience freedom as we live consciously in the world.

Guy Armstrong has been a leading figure and beloved teacher of insight meditation for decades. In this book, he makes difficult Buddhist topics easy to understand, weaving together Theravada and Mahayana teachings on emptiness to show how we can liberate our minds and manifest compassion in our lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781614293637
Publisher: Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date: 05/02/2017
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Guy Armstrong has been leading insight meditation retreats since 1984 in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. His training included living as a monk for a year in the Thai forest lineage. Guy is a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council and a guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society. He lives in Woodacre, CA.

Table of Contents

Foreword Joseph Goldstein ix

Preface xi

Introduction 1

Part I Self

1 The World Is Empty of Self 13

2 The Faulty Logic of "T" 19

3 What Is Real? 27

4 The Five Aggregates Are Not Self 41

5 Creating a Self 55

6 When the Aggregates Fall Apart 73

7 Beyond Self 83

8 Bearing Emptiness 99

9 Karma: Patterns of Becoming 109

10 Who Is Reborn? 125

11 The End of Karma 131

12 Abiding in Emptiness 147

13 Cessation and Nibbana 159

Part II Phenomena

14 A Lump of Foam 175

15 The Magic Show 187

16 The Middle Way 197

Part III Awareness

17 The Nature of Awareness 211

18 Womb of the Buddhas 223

19 Sunlight in Empty Space 233

20 Aware of Awareness 241

Part IV Compassion

21 Compassion Comes from Emptiness 257

Acknowledgments 267

Sources and Abbreviations 269

Notes 271

Glossary of Pali and Sanskrit Words 283

Index 289

About the Author 309

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