The Truth of Emptiness with Susan Piver & Raghu Markus | Mindrolling – Ep. 616

Carried by a discourse on The Heart Sutra, teacher and author Susan Piver joins Raghu to explore the truth of emptiness. This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Susan chat about: - Practicing The Heart Sutra with only one syllable: ahh - The truth of emptiness through recitation of non-truths - Understanding emptiness as bliss, not as voidness - The commitment to self interest that many westerners experience - Releasing the ego as the first step towards embracing emptiness - Being both empty and luminous at the same time - Thinking of emptiness as complete interconnection and fullness - Susan’s psychedelic experience: staying in the present, being in the womb of bliss - The six transcendent actions and how they all spring from generosity - Check out this free, downloadable translation of The Heart Sutra from Plum Village About Susan Piver: Susan Piver has an international reputation as an exceptionally skillful meditation teacher. She teaches workshops and speaks on mindfulness, innovation, communication, relationships, and creativity. Susan has been a student of Buddhism since 1995, graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004, and was authorized to teach meditation in 2005. In 2012, she founded The Open Heart Project, the world’s largest online-only meditation center. Susan is also a New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent book, Inexplicable Joy: On the Heart Sutra, is now available. You can keep up with Susan on Instagram. “You’re empty of separate existence. Your parents, their parents, their parents, if someone ate a different sandwich a thousand years ago, you wouldn’t be here. Emptiness could just as easily be called fullness, completely connected.” –Susan Piver