The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

There is no self in the veil ofthe mind.What does all this mean? That“form” is made of “emptiness”, and“emptiness” is made of “form” andas such neither form nor emptinessare.(Please note the quotation marksindicate their absence or nonexistenceprior to the abstractionprocess).The Diamond Cutteron SteroidsAs we continue to dive moredeeply into the Diamond Cutter,it might be wise to first “get”it metaphorically. To explore theDiamond Sutra, or Diamond Cutter(as this Sutra can cut anything),we can again use the metaphor ofeither neuroscience or quantumphysics appreciating that inBuddhism “there is no self, nosoul, no life and no world.”Thus we can reapply No Quantum andNo Body-Mind, and No Neuroscienceto Buddha’s most powerful partsof the Diamond Sutra. And at61