Emptiness and related practices

“As for this sparkling awareness, which is called “mind,” even though one says that it exists, it does not actually exist. (On the other hand) as a source, it is the origin of the diversity of all the bliss of Nirvana and all of the sorrow of Samsara. And as for it’s being something desirable; it is cherished alike in the Eleven Vehicles. With respect to its having a name, the various names that are applied to it are inconceivable (in their numbers).


Some call it “the nature of the mind” or “mind itself.”
Some Tirthikas call it by the name Atman or “the Self.”
The Sravakas call it the doctrine of Anatman or “the absence of a self.”
The Chittamatrins call it by the name Chitta or “the Mind.”
Some call it the Prajñāpāramitā or “the Perfection of Wisdom.”
Some call it the name Tathagata-garbha or “the embryo of Buddhahood.”
Some call it by the name Mahamudra or “the Great Symbol.”
Some call it by the name “the Unique Sphere.”
Some call it by the name Dharmadhatu or “the dimension of Reality.”
Some call it by the name Alaya or “the basis of everything.”
And some simply call it by the name “ordinary awareness.””

Padmasambhava

Below are different entries for realizing and deepening emptiness and non-duality. It is my ongoing aspiration to help preserve and bring awareness to these incredibly transformative and liberating dharma doors. May all beings directly realize prajñāpāramitā.

Read First: How emptiness practices work

The first method to try

Where is my mind?

Inquiry and searching

Surrender back to nature

Sitting and forgetting

Birth and death

Don’t bother

Buddha name Recitation

Awareness of awareness of awareness

Contrasting with emptiness

Welcoming

Opening the gaze

Letting body and mind play

R.R.S.R.

Not paying attention

It’s like this…

Walking practices

Letting go

What feels like “me”?

Listening to intuitive wisdom

Entry through jhāna

The hybrid method

Die before you die

The light of Amitābha

Opening up into emptiness

Evolving chanting

Unborn

Hearing and Śūraṅgama sound

Gazing into space

Mantra into stillness

Awareness of thought

Tossing it all back

4 empty immeasurables

Ornaments in space

Luminous Dharma