Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
’If everything is emptiness, why can I still feel fire burn my finger?"
- Mingyur Rinpoche
In a special recording for Tergar Institute's Madhyamaka course, Mingyur Rinpoche addresses one of the most common questions about emptiness: if everything is empty, why does the world still feel so solid and real? Here, Rinpoche explains that emptiness is not the absence of reality — in fact, it is because of emptiness that fire, earth, and all phenomena can manifest.
’If everything is emptiness, why can I still feel fire burn my finger?"
- Mingyur Rinpoche
In a special recording for Tergar Institute's Madhyamaka course, Mingyur Rinpoche addresses one of the most common questions about emptiness: if everything is empty, why does the world still feel so solid and real? Here, Rinpoche explains that emptiness is not the absence of reality — in fact, it is because of emptiness that fire, earth, and all phenomena can manifest.
