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Emptiness: Surmounting the Limitations of the Intellect

With Pannavati Bikkhuni recorded on February 11, 2024.

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The Suttas, Sutras and Shastras tell us that we can dislodge and extinguish what the deluded mind has created. There is a common thread through them all… we should realize the emptiness of all conditioned phenomenon.

Let’s step into this discussion together to look deeper into the mind that realizes emptiness as the gateway to freedom.

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