File Name: 61-12-00
Friday, December 1, 1961
see 62-03-00 for an excerpt
Emptiness does not mean annihilation; it means selfless original enlightenment which gives rise to everything. Once selfless original enlightenment takes place, every subjective and objective existence resumes its own nature (buddha-nature) and becomes valuable jewels to us all. In Mahayana Buddhism every teaching is based on the idea of emptiness, but most schools emphasize its expression in some particular sutra-- the Lotus Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Mahavairochana Sutra, and others. ... Read Transcript (this version is updated and corrected at times. Any other transcripts below are not).