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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1996.09.11-serial.00084Serial: SF-00084 Wednesday talk. Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-... |
Sep 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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1995.02.22-serial.00076 Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Repentance, Constancy, Sangha, Practice Period, Tassajara, Karma... |
Feb 22 1995 |
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Heart Sutra: Setting the SceneSerial: BZ-00952B Skandas and Emptiness, Rohatsu Day 4 Heart Sutra, Skandas, Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Samadhi... |
Dec 07 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/SynthesisSerial: BZ-00964A Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2 Madyamika, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch... |
Mar 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Meeting of American Culture and BuddhismSerial: SF-00103 Lecture Series Right Speech, Tassajara, Fox, Half-Smile, Lay, Emptiness, Concentration, Monastic... |
Mar 01 1994 City Center |
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The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism: The ArtsSerial: SF-00008 Lecture Series New Year, Tassajara, Emptiness, Lineage, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Faith, Ceremony,... |
Feb 01 1994 City Center |
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The Spiritual Life is Not Separate from the MundaneSerial: BZ-00668B Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Happiness, Mundane Life, Greed, Teacher-and-Student, Religion,... |
Jul 18 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddhism and American Culture Emptiness, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Samadhi, training, Emotions, Freedom, Four Noble... |
May 03 1993 City Center |
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Women in Japanese Soto ZenSerial: SF-00097 Author reading from her book on the subject. Soto Zen, training, Monastic Practice, Ordination, soto, Ceremony, Religion, Lay,... |
Nov 25 1992 |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Rinzai, soto, Buddha Nature, Evil, Darkness... |
Feb 19 1992 2 |
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Fear Emptiness, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Describe, Don't Know Mind, Commitment,... |
Aug 05 1991 City Center |
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1990.11.08-serial.00082 Concentration, Hindrances, Emptiness, Doubt, Delusion |
Nov 08 1990 |
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1990.11.08-serial.00251A Emptiness, Delusion, Buddha Nature, Peace, No-Self |
Nov 08 1990 |
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Big Emptiness and Small EmptinessSerial: BZ-00516B Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage,... |
Aug 25 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dzogchen Teachings Emptiness, realization, Transmission, Lineage, Mandala, training, Religion,... |
Oct 08 1989 4 San Jose |
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1989.05.07-serial.00049Serial: SF-00049 Sunday lecture Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Emptiness, Observe, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Vows, Zendo,... |
May 07 1989 Green Gulch Farm |
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1989.05.06-serial.00149 Subject-and-Object, Hindrances, Emptiness, Hate, Nirvana, Gratitude, Offering,... |
May 06 1989 |