Guest Speaker: Dan Hirschberg

On September 21st Dan lead a discussion on Buddhism and Emptiness. He talked about how we all make the mistake of considering ourselves to be Singular, Permanent, and Independent. This mistaken perception leads to suffering, which we can overcome by realizing that none of those things are true. This fundamental philosophy is called no-self, since what we think of as "self" really is just a part of everything; not singular, not permanent, and not independent.

Dan Hirschberg is pursuing a PhD in Tibetan Buddhist studies at Harvard and is a student of meditation master Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.