"Shunyata" a dance and music production essaying the philosophy of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg > 7pm on 30th September 2014

Time : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 30-09-2014 19:00:00 30-09-2014 20:30:00 68 "Shunyata" essaying the philosophy of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha Event Page : http://goo.gl/2981Yd Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
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Event Description : National Foundation for Communal Harmony in association with Sherabling Monastic Seat & Shovana Narayan present "Shunyata" essaying the philosophy of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha.

This dance and music production by Grammy Award winners, Buddhist Monks of Sherabling Monastic Seat & Shovana Narayan  (Padmashri).

About "Shunyata"
Today the world is besieged with violence of all kinds, physical, mental and psychological. Man seems to be searching for that elusive inner peace and harmony and in this search unleashes more violence. It is herein that the ancient Buddhist and Hindu philosophies need to be re-visited – philosophies that we have lost sight of. Emptying oneself of ego, fear of pain, illness, old age and death by implicit acceptance of suffering (‘dukhasatya’) will lead to understanding the cause of suffering (‘samudayasatya’) that in turn will lead to a luminous mind with consequent attainment of state of inner harmony and ‘ananda’ (bliss).

Essaying the philosophy of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha, “Shunyata” is a dance and music production by the Grammy Award winners, the Buddhist Monks of the Sherabling Monastic Seat and the Kathak Maestro and Diva, Guru Shovana Narayan with her Asavari Repertory. 

Set in four acts, the production is a journey through the experiences of Emperor Ashoka, Kisa and the Mustard Seeds and of Sujata and Milk Rice. Each of these experiences essay the time immemorial quest and fears that each person goes through and for which answers have to be found by each within himself or herself. Nothing could be more true than the ancient Prajnaparamita Sutra verse namely: “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form; Emptines is not separate from form, form is not separate from emptines; Whatever is form is emptiness, whatever is emptiness is form” (Prajnaparamita Sutra)

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