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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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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

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

July 8th, 2017, Serial No. 04380

Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Freedom
Jul 08 2017

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

November 21st, 2016, Serial No. 04339

resistance, Emptiness, Avalokiteshvara
Nov 21 2016

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

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. 04030

New Year, Daily Life, Emptiness
Jan 06 2013

January 6th, 2013, Serial No. 04029

Daily Life, Emptiness, Ceremony
Jan 06 2013

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

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

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

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

August 14th, 2010, Serial No. 03764

Emptiness, Faith, Lotus Sutra
Aug 14 2010

August 14th, 2010, Serial No. 03765

Emptiness, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts
Aug 14 2010

The Mind of Enlightenment 

Emptiness, Money, Separation, Mill Valley
Aug 12 2010
The Yoga Room

August 12th, 2010, Serial No. 03763

Emptiness, Yoga, Concentration
Aug 12 2010

Avalokiteshvara's Questions for the Buddha 

Tenshin Reb Anderson
Samdhinirmonchana Sutra Chapter Nine
No Abode Saturday July 17, 2010, A.M.

Avalokiteshvara, causation, Paramitas, Emptiness, Enthusiasm
Jul 17 2010
No Abode Hermitage

May 16th, 2010, Serial No. 03751

Separation, Ceremony, Emptiness
May 16 2010

January 24th, 2010, Serial No. 03713

Karmic Consciousness, Emptiness, Stillness
Jan 24 2010

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Emptiness, War, Politics, Intimacy, American
Dec 17 2009
The Yoga Room

December 17th, 2009, Serial No. 03699

Delusion, Emptiness, Intimacy
Dec 17 2009

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

resistance, Emptiness, Posture, American
Dec 10 2009
The Yoga Room

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Silence, Ego, Funeral, Emptiness, Obstacles
Nov 12 2009
The Yoga Room

The Ultimate transcends Difference and Unity

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1

Tenshin Reb Anderson
Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part VI),
Chapter Three, Morning Dharma Talk
Saturday June 14, 2009, A.M....

Nirvana, Fox, Lineage, Oneness, Emptiness
Jun 13 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Ultimate transcends Difference and Unity

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1

Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part VII),
Chapter Three, Afternoon Dharma Talk
Saturday June 14, 2009, P.M.
No Abode

Emptiness, Dharmakaya, Heart Sutra, confusion
Jun 13 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

June 13th, 2009, Serial No. 03663

Emptiness, Stillness, Dharmakaya
Jun 13 2009

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