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Emptiness and the Heart Sutra image © s ruud "form is emptiness; emptiness itself is form" Vipassana (insight meditation) and samatha (clarity and stability of mind) are two interconnected aspects of Buddhist meditation aimed at total awakening to the real nature of things. The Heart Sutra teaches that there is no awakening and no 'things' to have a real nature. This paradox suggests that words and concepts have their limitations as well as their uses. These are all issues that we will explore on this retreat - not through study but by cultivating samatha and reflecting on the paradoxes and mysteries of the Heart Sutra's teaching on the complete emptiness of all phenomena. 13 - 25 June 2008
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