Seeing That Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising
By content, I mean everything except determined effort to realize the full truth of the three characteristics of impermanence, suffering, and no-self, that is, to realize what the Buddha realized.
Daniel Ingram • Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book
We can get clearer about the Buddhist position if we recall that “empty” in the jargon of Buddhist metaphysics means lacking any fixed, unchanging, inner, or fundamental essence.
Barry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
The fourteenth method allows us to see that every dharma is already in the process of disintegrating, so that we are no longer possessed by the idea of holding onto any dharma as a separate entity, even the physiological and psychological elements in ourselves. The fifteenth allows us to arrive at the awareness of a great joy, the joy of emancipati
... See moreThich Nhat Hanh • Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
Suddenly, I gained an insight—that it is our attachments, hatreds, and closed views that imprison us as hungry ghosts, preventing us from going forward and living in the happiness that is available.