Episode 16
Nothing Matters: About the Idea of "Emptiness"
A Conversation with Janet Gyatso and Daniel Matt
New Books in Buddhist Studies · Marshall Poe
January 17, 202327m 18s
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Show Notes
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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