Why Emptiness Matters with Thupten Jinpa

Thupten Jinpa unpacks Nagarjuna’s influential teachings on emptiness, the cornerstone of Madhyamaka philosophy.

2 April 2025

Jinpa explains how emptiness reveals the interconnected nature of reality, challenging our tendency to grasp at things as independently existing. Through this lens, he explores how clinging to a fixed self fuels emotional reactivity, division, and suffering. Drawing from Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Chandrakirti, and Tibetan masters like Tsongkhapa, Jinpa highlights how understanding emptiness can liberate us from attachment and open the door to true wisdom.

This teaching is excerpted from the “Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit.”