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Herbert V. Günther
German philosopher and professorWikipedia
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Oct 13, 2026
Irreverently Orthodox: Taking Practice Seriously and Yourself Lightly | Sam Bercholz
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18:58TashaHOST
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18:59Sam BercholzGUEST
And, you know, uh, it, it, it's this interesting process of, of, uh, discovering, uh, sunyata or emptiness or as, as my professor friend, uh, uh, Herbert Guenther s- said, uh, uh, "Emptiness might not be a good translation." Uh, you know, the Tibetan is stongpa nyid, and it more, uh, it more means, uh, fullness.
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19:26Sam BercholzGUEST
So even the ide- this idea of discovering emptiness is, is the same as, as discovering fullness.
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19:34Sam BercholzGUEST
So these, these interesting paradoxes-
Jason Demchok | Tibetan Buddhism, Mount Meru, and The Buddhist Flat Earth Model?
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70:29Jason DemchokGUEST
Like they, like they, they really like, you know.
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70:33Jason DemchokGUEST
And that's why, again, one of the projects I'm working on is this biography of this man named Herbert Guenther who is v- inconceivable.
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70:42Jason DemchokGUEST
Like, this guy like taught himself Chinese and Sanskrit when he was like 12 years old.
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70:47Jason DemchokGUEST
And in 1950-- Like, he had two or three PhDs.