Meaning of sunyata | Babel Free

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1. Emptiness, the absence of an intrinsic essence or nature which is stable and separable from other things.
   Hinduism, Jainism, countable, uncountable
2. Alternative spelling of sunyata.
   alt-of, alternative
3. Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction.
   countable, uncountable

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“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In his treatment of Zen Buddhism, Abe emphasizes that the true self of Zen Buddhism is dynamic śūnyatā: "That is to say, true Sunyata is nothing but the true self and the true self is nothing but true Sunyata"”

“If there is one teaching that is peculiar to Buddhism alone among all the world's religions, I would say it is the principle of Śūnyatā (Voidness or Emptiness).”

“Accordingly, when one awakens to Śūnyatā in everything one is emancipated from the substantialization of and attachment to everything and realizes the independent relationality of everything including oneself.”

“On the intellectual plane śūnyatā is the relativity of all things and conditions, insofar as no thing exists independently in itself, but only in relationship with others and ultimately in relationship to the whole universe.”

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