02-20-2024, 03:10 PM
Śūnyatā
It's crucial to acknowledge that created objects are prone to change and cannot exist without an intrinsic basis. What we experience, observe, or interact with is a consequence of the evolution of energy or matter. This resembles Lego bricks that can be assembled and connected in different ways: to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and even working robots - anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects. Therefore, any activity resulting from variation cannot be inherently present, as processes will change continuously.
We typically view our environment through a resulting perspective, but phenomena are simply a collection of basic elements, like space, energy, and matter. In a different context, it can be said that appearance is misleading because it is not intrinsically present and varies based on specific conditions. This is the Buddhist concept of voidness, emptiness, or ṡūnyatā. As an example, the mind and body would develop under the conditional phenomena; just as the orientation of H2O properties determines the ephemerality of ice, water, and steam. In the end, the phenomenon exists as this or that depending on the observers.
Let’s see the illustrations below: -
Microscopic Analysis Of The Object (Solid Ball)
By zooming in, you could see what was in the core of the solid ball, the atoms. But there was nothing to discover apart from the vibrant space. Ultimately, this observation would give way to the emptiness of the substance.
Macroscopic Analysis Of The Object (Solid Ball)
As you zoom out, the solid ball seems to shrink to the smallest possible size. In the end, such a finding would also give way to the emptiness of the substance.
As revealed by the analysis above, the emptiness of phenomena is the cause and consequence of the dependent nature of phenomena. The enlightened mind perceives this as the ultimate reality because it is intrinsically right, which is the nature of existence. Discovering such a truth is a key to surmounting the ignorant state of the mind. The following principle applies: -
To see a Void is to see a Form,
To see a Form is to see a Void,
To see Energy, to see Matter,
To see Matter, to see Energy,
To see Energy, to see Space,
To see Space, to see Energy.
It's crucial to acknowledge that created objects are prone to change and cannot exist without an intrinsic basis. What we experience, observe, or interact with is a consequence of the evolution of energy or matter. This resembles Lego bricks that can be assembled and connected in different ways: to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and even working robots - anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects. Therefore, any activity resulting from variation cannot be inherently present, as processes will change continuously.
We typically view our environment through a resulting perspective, but phenomena are simply a collection of basic elements, like space, energy, and matter. In a different context, it can be said that appearance is misleading because it is not intrinsically present and varies based on specific conditions. This is the Buddhist concept of voidness, emptiness, or ṡūnyatā. As an example, the mind and body would develop under the conditional phenomena; just as the orientation of H2O properties determines the ephemerality of ice, water, and steam. In the end, the phenomenon exists as this or that depending on the observers.
Let’s see the illustrations below: -
Microscopic Analysis Of The Object (Solid Ball)
By zooming in, you could see what was in the core of the solid ball, the atoms. But there was nothing to discover apart from the vibrant space. Ultimately, this observation would give way to the emptiness of the substance.
Macroscopic Analysis Of The Object (Solid Ball)
As you zoom out, the solid ball seems to shrink to the smallest possible size. In the end, such a finding would also give way to the emptiness of the substance.
As revealed by the analysis above, the emptiness of phenomena is the cause and consequence of the dependent nature of phenomena. The enlightened mind perceives this as the ultimate reality because it is intrinsically right, which is the nature of existence. Discovering such a truth is a key to surmounting the ignorant state of the mind. The following principle applies: -
To see a Void is to see a Form,
To see a Form is to see a Void,
To see Energy, to see Matter,
To see Matter, to see Energy,
To see Energy, to see Space,
To see Space, to see Energy.