sunyata

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  Emptiness, the absence of an intrinsic essence or nature which is stable and separable from other things.
 * 2) * 1993, Sunyata, Emptiness and Self-emptying, Kenosis by Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma published in Buddhist - Christian Dialogue London, 27th March
 * However since emptiness empties itself and so cannot itself be an object of attachment, dynamic 'sunyata' empties itself out as just the things themselves.


 * 1)  Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction.
 * 2) * 1975, Herbert V. Guenther, Chögyam Trungpa, The Dawn of Tantra, 2001, Shambhala Publications, pages not numbered,
 * Shunyata can be explained in a very simple way. In the shunyata experience, the attention is on the field rather than on its contents.


 * 1) * 1986, White Lotus Sutra - Unchecked by Sangharakshita; STUDY LEADERS SEMINAR 1986 Padmaloka.
 * all dharmas were reducible to sunyata. So in a sense you have got a sort of merging of the particular in the universal.

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 * Pali: suññatā
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 * Thai: สุญตา
 * Tibetan: སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་
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