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What is Relative Truth and Absolute Truth?...

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Emptiness...

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  May all beings be happy. May they live in safety and joy.... As a mother watches over her child, willing to risk her own life to protect her only child, so with a boundless heart... cherish all living beings, suffusing the whole world with unobstructed loving kindness... During all your waking hours, may you remain mindful of this heart and this way of living that is the best in the world. -  Shakyamuni Buddha Emptiness is not something to be afraid of, says Thich Nhat Hanh. The  Heart Sutra  teaches us that form may be empty of self but it’s full of everything else. Photo by  Ashim D’Silva   THICH NHAT HANH If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either. We ca...

Emptiness...

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  May all beings be happy. May they live in safety and joy.... As a mother watches over her child, willing to risk her own life to protect her only child, so with a boundless heart... cherish all living beings, suffusing the whole world with unobstructed loving kindness... During all your waking hours, may you remain mindful of this heart and this way of living that is the best in the world. -  Shakyamuni Buddha