Nothing Matters: About the Idea of "Emptiness‪"‬ New Books in Buddhist Studies

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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