Consider various spaces—the space that surrounds and contains all physical structures; the space established by a coordinate system; the space that makes maps possible; the space that separates stars and planets; even the space that allows us to separate our thoughts as distinct from one another. Could they all be pointing to a more fundamental space?     

Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche (1934 CE-), Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Vajrayana teacher and lama who introduced the Nyingma school tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to the United States.