1) Buddhism is much more tolerant of doctrinal differences than most Western religions, and it doesn't surprise me that the concept of Sunyata has many different interpretations! I would describe the insight your Zen teacher gave as an example of tathata, "suchness," rather than sunyata -- but I'm not a Zen master, of course.
2) See my comment above. No, that version of sunyata (or, as I'd say, tathata) won't protect you, which is why I recommended meditating on the other.
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Re: More Questions About Zen
Date: 2025-01-27 05:24 pm (UTC)2) See my comment above. No, that version of sunyata (or, as I'd say, tathata) won't protect you, which is why I recommended meditating on the other.