Date: Jan 28, 2010 1:29 PM
"Absolute, or ultimate, bodhicitta, which refers to the wisdom of shunyata (śunyatā, a Sanskrit term often translated as "emptiness", though the alternatives "openness" or "spaciousness" probably convey the idea better to Westerners) [3]. The concept of śunyatā in Buddhist thought does not refer to nothingness, but to freedom from attachments (particularly attachment to the idea of a static or essential self) and from fixed ideas about the world and how it should be. "
And why do these words stand out to me so much..so enticing...
emptiness
nothingness..
openness
~ i am not my body ~
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that's nice, Darce. I needed to read that today. Things have been terrible...the blog is invite-only for now so please put yourself on the list...I invited you...did you get the invite..?
Your writing is so eloquent..! you are awesome.