Emptiness Talks
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 Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and other philosophical strands, 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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2000.03.28-serial.00007 Beginners, Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Priest |
Mar 28 2000 |
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1999.11.27-serial.00156A Emptiness, Don't Know Mind, Freedom, Sutra, Bowing |
Nov 27 1999 |
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1999.06.09-serial.00142 Posture, Shikantaza, Dragons, Emptiness |
Jun 09 1999 |
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Poetry of EnlightenmentSerial: SF-00071 Class realization, Emptiness, Echo, Dragons, Balance, Bell, Priest, Emotions, Freedom,... |
Feb 04 1997 1 |
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Song of Jewel Mirror SamadhiSerial: SF-00072 5:00 class Buddha Ancestors, Four Noble Truths, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Samadhi,... |
Feb 04 1997 |