“Nagarjuna's verse 46]-is extensively taught. [Madhyamaka or emptiness] means being without characteristics that define true reality. It [means] to be unarisen, since… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“We are only able to disrespect, mistreat, and harm one another when we forget that the other person is us; when we… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Men love death. In everything they make, they hollow out a central place for death, let its rancid smell contaminate every dimension… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
The second means of attraction which He used is Emptiness, as we see when we place one end of a hollow pipe… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Reality is neither subjective nor objective, neither mind nor matter, neither time nor space. These divisions need somebody to happen to, a… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Obsessions of the Orient, of the desert, of its ardor and its emptiness, of the shadows of palm gardens, of the garments… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“Sheila, you’ve got to hang on. All this is just an increased power to think—to visualize, to handle data and the dreams… — Poul Anderson Copy Share Image
Finding yourself in a hole, at the bottom of a hole, in almost total solitude, and discovering that only writing can save… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
Renunciation mind has nothing to do with sacrificing. When we talk about renunciation, somwhow we get all scared because we think that… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Dolby stereo increases the possibility of emptiness in film sound at the same time that it enlarges the space that can be… — Michel Chion Copy Share Image
An artist has to go to every extreme, to stretch his sensibility through excess and suffering in order to feel and to… — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
“The first thing that struck you about Claire’s plate was its vast emptiness. Of course I’m well aware that, in the better… — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
Nearly all creators of Utopia have resembled the man who has toothache, and therefore thinks happiness consists in not having toothache. They… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Part of the inner world of everyone is this sense of emptiness, unease, incompleteness, and I believe that this in itself is… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Adolescents swing from euphoric self-confidence and a kind of narcissistic strength in which they feel invulnerable and even immortal, to despair, self-emptiness,… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
So that's how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I have an unquenchable desire to slow down and find my life going deeper in my walk with Christ. I want to… — Joseph Stowell Copy Share Image
Religion is the dream of the human mind. But even in dreams we do not find ourselves in emptiness or in heaven,… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
“So that’s how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Death isn't empty like you say it is. Emptiness is life without freedom, Darrow. Emptiness is living chained by fear, fear of… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
“A month has passed since I’ve written, but it has seemed to pass much more slowly. Life passes by now like the… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Having fallen from the eternal, the Evil One's desires are endless, insatiable. Having fallen from pure Being, he is driven by the… — Denis de Rougemont Copy Share Image
I remember having a discussion with [Kaz] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness."… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“Because it’s a fucking disaster to be creative when you know you’re not Mozart or Keats. Dammit, I got tired of scratching… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
When I was a very young student I loved and admired the work of Sam Beckett, who is famously pessimistic, and whose… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
“Our beliefs shape how we perceive reality to be, and the belief that shapes our current perception of reality was adopted by… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“But no: he was empty, he was confronted by a vast anger, a desperate anger, he saw it and could almost have… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“I am deep in my willed habits. From the outside, I suppose I look like an unoccupied house with one unconvincing night-light… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“What people don't understand about depression is how much it hurts. It's like your brain is convinced that it's dying and produces… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
People frequently comment on the emptiness in one night stands, but emptiness here has always been just another word for darkness. Blind… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression. Isn't there some other way to… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“What I mean is, even a dumbass like me can think everything’s pointless. Why do I get up and eat? It all… — Koushun Takami Copy Share Image
“We struggle, we grow weary, we grow tired. We are exhausted, we are distressed, we despair. We give up, we fall down,… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“The essence of your mind is not born, so it will never die. It is not an existence, which is perishable. It… — Bassui Takusho Copy Share Image
“Emptiness The true nature of reality transcends all the notions we could ever have of what it might be. This is also… — Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“And what is boredom? Perhaps the inability to find meaning, to complete a perception, to arrive at an understanding: partly grasped, but… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
“I am so lost in the lost road , I chose this on my own , I emptied all that I had… — BinYamin Gulzar Copy Share Image
![“Nagarjuna's verse 46]-is extensively taught. [Madhyamaka or emptiness] means being without characteristics that define true reality. It [means] to be unarisen, since it is neither existent nor nonexistent. It is neither something existent that has already arisen nor something nonexistent that is…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f8e/karl-brunnholzl-4600_buddhism_nagarjuna-s-verse-46-is-extensively-taug_2757063.jpg)
![“I remember having a discussion with [Kaz] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness." I said: "Kaz, everyone is used to the word emptiness for shunyata. This might not sit well with people. He said: "Translator's prerogative!" Then he…” quote by Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/410/joan-halifax-11817_assuming_i-remember-having-a-discussion-with-kaz_727693.jpg)
