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Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā), translated most often as "emptiness", "vacuity", and sometimes "voidness", or "nothingness" is an Indian philosophical concept. In Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions, the concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context. It is either an ontological feature of reality, a meditative state, or a phenomenological analysis of experience.

In Theravāda Buddhism, Pali: suññatā often refers to the non-self (Pāli: anattā, Sanskrit: anātman) nature of the five aggregates of experience and the six sense spheres. Pali: Suññatā is also often used to refer to a meditative state or experience.

In Mahāyāna Buddhism, śūnyatā refers to the tenet that "all things are empty of intrinsic existence and nature (svabhava)", but may also refer to the Buddha-nature teachings and primordial or empty awareness, as in Dzogchen, Shentong, or Chan.

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Introduction to the Harmony of Difference and Sameness

Serial: TL-00810

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Sekito Kisen, Sandokai, Emptiness, Practice, Time
Sep 11 2023
Hybrid

Emptiness and Potential in Daily Life

Serial: RB-03082

Online-Talks_Paramitas

Patience, Time, Emptiness
Jul 03 2022
Johanneshof

March 31st, 2021, Serial No. 04557

Emptiness, Silence, Stillness
Mar 31 2021

Yoga Room Class - March 30th, 2021

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#YRB-2021A, Emptiness, Silence, Stillness
Mar 30 2021
The Yoga Room

January 25th, 2021, Serial No. 04546

Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, difficulty
Jan 25 2021

Aliveness Beyond Identity in Zen

Serial: RB-03735

Dharma_Now_3

Practice, Time, Emptiness
Oct 25 2020
Crestone

Harmony in Everyday Zen Practice

Serial: RB-03066

Zen-Riffs

Sandokai, Practice, Emptiness
Aug 21 2020
Johanneshof

March 6th, 2018, Serial No. 04421

Emptiness, resistance, Suffering
Mar 06 2018

Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the World

Avalokiteshvara clearly seeing the emptiness of five skandhas; listening to the cries of the world, the suffering of beings.

Compassion, Suffering, Emptiness, Buddha, Suffering, Bodhisattva
Mar 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

Ungraspable nature of all phenomena; perfect wisdom understands dependent co-arising; non-abiding in any state.

Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Compassion, Dependent Origination, Perfect Wisdom,...
Jul 08 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

July 8th, 2017, Serial No. 04380

Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Freedom
Jul 08 2017

November 21st, 2016, Serial No. 04339

resistance, Emptiness, Avalokiteshvara
Nov 21 2016

Zen and Self Beyond Narrative

Serial: RB-03887

Talks_Constellation-Work_with Guni Baxa

Practice, Work, Emptiness
Aug 2016
Johanneshof

January 25th, 2015, Serial No. 04205

Emptiness, Karmic Consciousness, Renunciation
Jan 25 2015

January 24th, 2015, Serial No. 04204

Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Avalokiteshvara
Jan 24 2015

January 22nd, 2015, Serial No. 04202

Emptiness, Practice, Wisdom
Jan 22 2015

January 21st, 2015, Serial No. 04201

Karmic Consciousness, Emptiness, confusion
Jan 21 2015

January 18th, 2015, Serial No. 04199

Suffering, Emptiness, Avalokiteshvara
Jan 18 2015

Zen of Emptiness and Perception

Serial: RB-03558

Talk

Emptiness, Practice, Koan
2015
Johanneshof

July 31st, 2014, Serial No. 04147

Emptiness, Consciousness, Openness
Jul 31 2014

Fayan's Hair's Breadth 

Fayan’s Hairsbreadth
No Abode 5/17/13 PM
( On Looking for Results in the Visible World. 30 Min)

Nirvana, Samsara, Balance, Emptiness, Conversation
May 17 2013
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

May 17th, 2013, Serial No. 04056

Nirvana, Samsara, Emptiness
May 17 2013

January 6th, 2013, Serial No. 04029

Daily Life, Emptiness, Ceremony
Jan 06 2013

January 6th, 2013, Serial No. 04030

New Year, Daily Life, Emptiness
Jan 06 2013

Being Here: Embracing Zen Thusness

Serial: RB-03806

Practice-Period_Talks

Practice, Practice Period, Emptiness
2013
Johanneshof

On the Body 

Mindfulness, Posture, Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Thoroughness
Dec 13 2012
The Yoga Room

November 18th, 2012, Serial No. 04015

Ceremony, Generosity, Emptiness
Nov 18 2012

November 18th, 2012, Serial No. 04016

Bodhidharma, Japan, Emptiness
Nov 18 2012

November 14th, 2012, Serial No. 04013

Practice Period, Emptiness, Nirvana
Nov 14 2012

2012.07.31-serial.00143

Dogen, Emptiness, Buddha
Jul 31 2012

2012.07.30-serial.00140

Buddha, Dogen, Emptiness
Jul 30 2012

Zen Koans: Pathways to Emptiness

Serial: RB-03978

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Practice, Koan, Emptiness
Jun 2012
Rastenberg

The Room, the Seat, and the Robe 

The Room, the Seat and the Robe
No Abode 4/14/12

Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Book of Serenity, Interdependence, Precepts
Apr 14 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Meditation's Transformative Communal Journey

Serial: RB-03535

Seminar_Challenges_of_Lay-Buddhism

Practice, Meditation, Emptiness
Feb 2012
Johanneshof

Trusting Emptiness in Zen Practice

Serial: RB-03911

Sesshin

Practice, Emptiness, Breath
2012
Crestone

Monastic Practice

Serial: BZ-02216

The Law of Circularity, Saturday Lecture

Wearing down Self-centeredness, Jizo's Compassion, Tiger's Cave

 

Emptiness, Jizo, Compassion, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Demons, Building,...
Nov 26 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Stimulating Bodhisattva's courage and entering reality 

Emptiness, Observe, Karmic Consciousness, Rinzai, Gratitude
Oct 15 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

October 15th, 2011, Serial No. 03884

Karma, Emptiness, Observe
Oct 15 2011

June 13th, 2011, Serial No. 03857

Karma, Emptiness, Dharmakaya
Jun 13 2011

Embracing Enlightenment I 

Karmic Consciousness, Heart Sutra, Abhidharma, Emptiness
Jun 11 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Sitting Meditation of this School 

Separation, Duality, Silence, Emptiness
May 21 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Embodied Space and Transient Form

Serial: RB-03483

Practice-Period_Talks

Time, Emptiness, Practice
Mar 22 2011
Crestone

Zen Freedom: Embracing Unconditioned Realities

Serial: RB-03466

Practice-Period_Talks

Time, Practice, Emptiness
Jan 30 2011
Crestone

January 24th, 2011, Serial No. 03825

Karmic Consciousness, Renunciation, Emptiness
Jan 24 2011

January 18th, 2011, Serial No. 03821

Delusion, Emptiness, Practice
Jan 18 2011

January 16th, 2011, Serial No. 03819

Emptiness, Posture, Ceremony
Jan 16 2011

Embracing Lifes Zen Continuum

Duality, Emptiness, difficulty
Jan 12 2011

January 11th, 2011, Serial No. 03816

Karmic Consciousness, Shikantaza, Emptiness
Jan 11 2011

The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom 

Emptiness, Faith, Koan, Lotus Sutra, Separation
Aug 14 2010
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom 

Emptiness, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Koan, Karmic Consciousness
Aug 14 2010
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

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