Nothing Matters
Ministry of Ideas
English - January 17, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - ★★★★★ - 146 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture History culture philosophy history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Between the Buddhist doctrine of ‘emptiness,’ the Jewish idea of Ayin, and the quantum mechanical zero-point energy of a vacuum, it turns out there’s quite a lot to be said about Nothing.
Guests
Janet Gyatso, Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard Divinity School
Daniel Matt, Scholar of Jewish Mysticism
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Between the Buddhist doctrine of ‘emptiness,’ the Jewish idea of Ayin, and the quantum mechanical zero-point energy of a vacuum, it turns out there’s quite a lot to be said about Nothing.
Guests
Janet Gyatso, Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard Divinity School
Daniel Matt, Scholar of Jewish Mysticism
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