Introduction to Emptiness Quotes

“emptiness is the lack of chains preventing us from becoming more wise and loving.”
― Guy Newland, Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-Kha-Pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path

“Tsong-kha-pa gives clear guidance on how to proceed:
Form a clear concept of the object that reason will be refuting. Then focus on how, if there were such an intrinsically existing person, it could only be one with or different
from its aggregates, and how reason contradicts both of these positions. Develop certainty in seeing this critique. Finally, solidify your certainty that the person does not even slightly exist intrinsically. In the phase of meditating on emptiness, practice this often.”
― Guy Newland, Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-Kha-Pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path

“Wisdom teaches us that our real enemies are never other living beings. They are ignorance and its minions, including greed, hatred, anger, pride, and envy.”
― Guy Newland, Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-Kha-Pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path

“Wisdom is like our spiritual vision, guiding us toward what is good.”
― Guy Newland, Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-Kha-Pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path