Zachary Davis
Ministry of Ideas
Nothing Matters
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Nothing Matters

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.

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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