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Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā lit. "emptiness", "voidness", "vacuity") is an Indian philosophical concept In Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions. The concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context; 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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Emptiness Unveiled in Form

Emptiness, Practice, Vow
Oct 14 2007
1
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Experiencing Emptiness Through Everyday Acts

Emptiness, Practice, Vow
Oct 14 2007
2
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Cultivating Compassion through Emptiness Insight

Practice, Emptiness, Compassion
Oct 13 2007
1
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Embracing Emptiness Through Collective Vows

Practice, Emptiness, Compassion
Oct 13 2007
Santa Barbara Zen Center

Path to Enlightenment through Generosity

Emptiness, Practice, Generosity
Jul 14 2007
Afternoon

Embracing Emptiness with Gracious Attention

Emptiness, Practice, Buddha
Jul 14 2007
Morning

The Bodhisattva and the Mahayana

"Enlightening beings" are committed to living for the benefit of all beings; they practice in the "universal vehicle" which includes everyone.

Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Emptiness, Enemies, Mahayana
Jul 14 2007
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Prajna Paramita

The "Perfection of Wisdom" is the bodhisattva's understanding of emptiness, which is available to those who are settled in the conventional world.

Breath, Discrimination, Emptiness, Observe
Jul 14 2007
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Light of Buddha's Wisdom - Precepts of Compassion

Buddha sheds the light of wisdom on the true nature of suffering, liberation, and the human mind, on the teachings of compassion, moral causation, and the whole phenomenal universe. This retreat...

Non-discrimination, Evil, Money, Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi
May 06 2007
Part 6
Mount Madonna Center

Navigating Light Through Wisdom's Space

Study, Evil, Emptiness
May 06 2007
Part 6

Openness

Serial: NC-00767

Retreat Conference. Openess

OSB Cam, Openness, Breath, Emotions, Forgiveness, Emptiness, Offering
May 2007
1 of 5
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Openness

Serial: NC-00768

Retreat Conference. Openess

OSB Cam, Openness, Emotions, Discrimination, Concentration, Emptiness, Breath...
May 2007
Part 2 (of 5)
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Happiness

The pursuit of happiness vs. wanting others to be happy; happiness from absorption in activity

Teachings on Happiness for Dancing Mountains Sangha newsletter
Date: February 3, 2007
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Lovingkindness, Desire, Religion, Emptiness
Feb 03 2007
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Seijiki Ceremony - Relating to Death and Dying

Serial: SF-00029

Heading into winter; what is the most important thing at the end of your life? taking refuge; how are we also hungry ghosts; six realms.

Ceremony, Six Realms, Death-and-Dying, Offering, Vow, Ordination, Sangha, Emptiness,...
Oct 29 2006

Embrace Transformative Spiritual Openness

Karma, Time, Emptiness
Jun 20 2006
2
Zen Center of Pittsburgh

Mindful Teaching: Embracing Inner Calm

Bell, Thich Nhat Hanh, Yaoshan, Emptiness, Silence
Apr 24 2006

Three Doors of Liberation

Serial: BZ-01228

Emptiness, Signlessness, Aimlessness, One-Day Sitting

Liberation, Emptiness, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Oneness, Big Mind, Birth-...
Apr 09 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Mahayana Abhidharma

Emptiness, Eightfold Path, Mahayana
Nov 21 2005
5
Green Gulch Farm

Mahayana Abhidharma

Consciousness, Emptiness, Practice
Nov 21 2005
5
Green Gulch Farm

Chanting Wisdom: Integrating Feminine Deities

Emptiness, Time, Meditation
Oct 24 2005

Priest Meeting

Emptiness, Study, Desire
Oct 17 2005

Releasing Control for True Insight

Realization, Emptiness, Duality, Impermanence
Jul 24 2005

From Discursive Thought to Tranquility

Emptiness, Study, Meditation
Jan 24 2005

Observing Mind: Tranquility and Insight

Breath, Letting Go, Emptiness
Jan 22 2005

Buddha Mudra: Unity in Practice

Separation, Commitment, Emptiness
2005

Zendo Lecture

Practice, Tassajara, Emptiness
Dec 07 2004
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03560

Dining Room Class

Addiction, Lotus Sutra, Happiness, Realization, Emptiness
Nov 27 2004
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03484

Dining Room Class

Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Hindrances, Diversity,...
Nov 27 2004
Tassajara

Sesshin Lecture

Serial: SF-03548

Second Sesshin, Zendo Lecture

Emptiness, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Lotus Sutra, Freedom, Chanting, Lay,...
Nov 16 2004
Tassajara

Hsin Hsin Ming

Serial: SF-01901

Zendo Lecture

Faith, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners,...
Jun 18 2004
Tassajara

Embracing Impermanence for True Insight

Emptiness, Impermanence, Emotions
Feb 2004

Beyond Faces: Embracing Fleeting Reality

Blue Cliff Record, Emptiness, Freedom
Feb 2004

Perception Unbound: Navigating Reality's Illusions

Pain, Meditation, Emptiness
Jan 24 2004

Awakening Through Emptiness Awareness

Bodhidharma, Meditation, Emptiness
Jan 21 2004

Unveiling Emptiness Through Meditative Wisdom

Meditation, Emptiness, Mahayana
Jan 19 2004

Seeing Through Illusion's Veil

Emptiness, Duality, Letting Go
Jan 19 2004

Unveiling Reality Through Buddhist Epistemology

Emptiness, Lotus Sutra, Study
Jan 16 2004

Unraveling Consciousness and Rebirth Truths

Consciousness, Emptiness, Bodhisattva
Jan 14 2004

Zen Emptiness: Exploring the Unseen

Emptiness, Enlightenment, Study
Dec 08 2003

Illuminating Zen Beyond Consciousness

Consciousness, Emptiness, Time
Nov 23 2003

Awakening Through Dependent Co-Arising

Emptiness, Community, Impermanence
Nov 15 2003

Ceasing Grasping Through Conceptual Insight

Instruction, Emptiness, Time
Nov 13 2003

Transcending Concepts: A Path to Enlightenment

Buddha, Emptiness, Lotus Sutra
Nov 11 2003

Offerings

Serial: SF-00158

Sunday talk. Children's lecture.
Legend of the blue bonnets; Seijiki, offering food and light; karmic life and emptiness.

Offering, Ceremony, Emptiness, Emotions, Intuition, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma...
Nov 02 2003
Green Gulch Farm

Embracing Emptiness: Zen and Interdependence

Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Commitment
Sep 2003

Awakening Through Life's Challenges

Meditation, Emptiness, Priest
Sep 2003

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