To those who don't get a hang about the buddhist view of
emptiness -
Emptiness is not a philosophy. It is not abstract theory (like I
thought it was before I had a direct perception 2 years back). It
is beyond any conceptual comprehension, words and understanding and
could be directly experienced in life.
When we get insulted, we get all the bad things in life, we must
relise that it is all conditioned arisings. It is not real -
everything that exists in our world is not real. Conditioned
arisings - we take a watermelon for example. In the very beginning
there was no watermelon - due to the seeds, the water, the
nutrients in the soil, the watermelon was grown. So it is
Conditioned Arisings. The watermelon does not exist with an
inherent existence. And it isnt permanent. When the Tsunami came,
people died after being carried by a wave. It's just so
impermanent, merely an instant for thousands of people to die. A
start with an end, thats the nature of conditioned things.
If everything bad happens in life, we must recognise that it is
merely conditioned arisings. When we have this correct view, our
mind does not become attached to them. That is why Buddhists always
say "Shui Yuan", we dont become attached to them. However we
shouldn't presume that "all forms are empty", and therefore you are
"empty", I am "empty", so we don't care about anything. This is
also wrong. Since all things results from aggregations of cause and
conditions we must make good use of these causes and conditions,
but not become attached to them.