Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about one of the most profound aspects of the Buddha's teaching:
Emptiness (Sunyata / Suññatā)
On the most profound level, Emptiness means empty of Self, Me, Mine and I.
An enlightend person, an arahant, has seen through and abandoned all delusions of I, me, mine and self.
The Stream-Enterer (Sotāpanna, first of four stages of Awakening) has abandoned the delusion of Sakkāya-Diṭṭhi (Entity-View), he is empty of any view or doctrine of Self, though he still has thoughts & perceptions of me, mine and I.
Emptiness on the most profound level also refers to an Arahant being empty of greed, hate and delusion.
However, we can cultivate emptiness already at much more basic levels, for instance:
- Emptying our calendar - less events is better, more empty is better.
- Emptying our house, shelf and cupboards - less stuff is better, more empty is better.
- Emptying our behaviour from unwholesome action and speech - less bad actions makes life much easier and peaceful.
- Emptying our life from an endless stream of experiences and exitements - less drama is better and more peaceful.
- Emptying our mind from endless thinking - a mind empty of thought is blissful
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