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**WhileKelf** · 03-31-2012, 02:53 PM

In my reading, "emptiness" is simply shorthand for emptiness of self.

Suñña Sutta: Empty (SN 35.85)

Ven. Ananda went to the Blessed One and on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, "It is said that the world is empty, the world is empty, lord. In what respect is it said that the world is empty?"

"Insofar as it is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self: Thus it is said, Ananda, that the world is empty."

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....085.than.html

03-31-2012, 02:53 PM	#12
WhileKelf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	In my reading, "emptiness" is simply shorthand for emptiness of self. Suñña Sutta: Empty (SN 35.85) Ven. Ananda went to the Blessed One and on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, "It is said that the world is empty, the world is empty, lord. In what respect is it said that the world is empty?" "Insofar as it is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self: Thus it is said, Ananda, that the world is empty." http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....085.than.html
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