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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 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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Prayer & the Rule of St. Benedict

Serial: NC-00033

Part of "Prayer and the Rule of St. Benedict"

Archival Photo

OSB Cam, Intimacy, Emptiness, Posture, Sanctuary
1992
1 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

The Inner Monk

Serial: NC-00075A

Part of "The Inner Monk"

Archival Photo

OSB Cam, Oneness, Emptiness, Liberation, Balance
1992
2 of 3

The Inner Monk

Serial: NC-00075B

Part of "The Inner Monk"

Archival Photo

OSB Cam, Emptiness, Monastic Practice, Money, confusion, realization
1992
3 of 3

The Inner Monk

Serial: NC-00076

Part of "The Inner Monk"

Archival Photo

OSB Cam, Emptiness, resistance, Letting Go, Ego, Instruction
1992
1 of 3

Fear

Emptiness, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Describe, Don't Know Mind, Commitment,...
Aug 05 1991
City Center

1990.11.08-serial.00082

Concentration, Hindrances, Emptiness, Doubt, Delusion
Nov 08 1990

1990.11.08-serial.00251A

Emptiness, Delusion, Buddha Nature, Peace, No-Self
Nov 08 1990

Gospel of John Class

Serial: NC-00276

Monastic formation class on the Gospel of John

OSB Cam, Echo, Emptiness, Breath, realization
Sep 22 1990
2 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Big Emptiness and Small Emptiness

Serial: BZ-00516B

Saturday Lecture

Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage,...
Aug 25 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

October 27th, 1989, Serial No. 01055

true dharma, Emptiness, Oneness, Buddha Nature, Separation, Vows, Karma, Suzuki Roshi...
Oct 27 1989
Unknown

Dzögchen Teachings

Serial: SF-02716

Commercially produced cassette

Bodhisattva Vow, Emptiness, Transmission, Commitment, Vows, Current Events, Lineage,...
Oct 09 1989
San Jose

Dzögchen Teachings

Serial: SF-02715

Commercially produced cassette

Emptiness, realization, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Transmission, Samsara,...
Oct 09 1989
San Jose

Dzogchen Teachings

Emptiness, realization, Transmission, Lineage, Mandala, training, Religion,...
Oct 08 1989
4
San Jose

Dzögchen Teachings

Serial: SF-02718

Commercially produced cassette

Emptiness, realization, Delusion, Two Truths, Subject-and-Object, Enemies, Emotions,...
Oct 08 1989
San Jose

1989.05.07-serial.00049

Serial: SF-00049

Sunday lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Emptiness, Observe, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Vows, Zendo,...
May 07 1989
Green Gulch Farm

1989.05.06-serial.00149

Subject-and-Object, Hindrances, Emptiness, Hate, Nirvana, Gratitude, Offering,...
May 06 1989

Lion's Roar

Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Emptiness, Emotions, Letting Go, Enemies, Cultivation...
Dec 30 1988
SFZC

Lion's Roar

Emptiness, Hindrances, Ego, Bodhisattva Vow, Peace, Commitment, stubbornness,...
Dec 30 1988
SFZC

Lion's Roar

Emptiness, Letting Go, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, confusion, Transmission,...
Dec 27 1988
SFZC

Lion's Roar

Don't Know Mind, Emptiness, Diversity, Buddha Nature, Letting Go, Liberation,...
Dec 27 1988
SFZC

Ngondro

Serial: SF-01878

Ngondro Class - Guru Yoga

Lineage, Samsara, Emotions, Emptiness, Transmission, Attachment, Describe,...
Dec 20 1988
SFZC

November 25th, 1988, Serial No. 01912

Instruction, Liberation, training, Samsara, Six Realms, Birth-and-Death, Karma,...
Nov 25 1988
SFZC

Ngondro

Lineage, confusion, realization, Teacher-and-Student, Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra,...
Nov 01 1988
SFZC

Ngondro

Serial: SF-01861

Class

Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Emotions, Emptiness, Samsara, Happiness, Liberation,...
Nov 1988
SFZC

Khandro

Serial: SF-01914

Labor Day

Posture, Peace, Transmission, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, stubbornness, Passions,...
Sep 03 1988
SFZC

Khandro

Serial: SF-01913

Rigpa adulthood

Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Instruction, Humility, Emptiness, Sanctuary,...
Sep 03 1988
SFZC

Marin Retreat

Serial: SF-01947

Thursday

Emptiness, realization, Karma, confusion, Transmission, Letting Go, Liberation,...
Jul 1988
SFZC

Contemplative Prayer in the Modern World

Serial: NC-00266

Contemplative Prayer in the Modern World

Emptiness, Breath, Don't Know Mind, Zazen
May 28 1988
1 of 3
San Luis Obispo

Contemplative Prayer in the Modern World

Serial: NC-00268

Contemplative Prayer in the Modern World

Intimacy, Oneness, Emptiness, Patience
May 28 1988
3 of 3
San Luis Obispo

Yontenzot

Samsara, confusion, Karma, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Don't Know Mind, Emotions,...
May 01 1988
SFZC

Yontenzot

Serial: SF-01864

"Chhoje Tulku"

confusion, Karma, Emptiness, Emotions, Duality, Diversity, Demons, Freedom, Obstacles...
Apr 30 1988
SFZC

Yontenzot

Passions, Emotions, Duality, Emptiness, Lineage, Vinaya, realization, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 30 1988
SFZC

Yontenzot

Serial: SF-01831

"Chhoje Tulku"

Patience, Samsara, Emptiness, Two Truths, confusion, Evil, Happiness, Ego, Passions,...
Apr 24 1988
SFZC

Yontenzot

Emptiness, Duality, Happiness, confusion, Emotions, Samsara, Karma, Separation,...
Apr 23 1988
SFZC

April 9th, 1988, Serial No. 01068

Posture, Anger, Emptiness, Discrimination, Mindfulness, Liberation, Instruction,...
Apr 09 1988
SFZC

Hevajra

Balance, Describe, Instruction, realization, Emptiness
Apr 07 1988
SFZC

Hevajra

Lineage, Aspects of Practice, Right Effort, Emptiness, Balance, Instruction, Don...
Apr 07 1988
SFZC

Dzögchen

Happiness, confusion, realization, Emotions, Liberation, Karma, Continuous,...
Mar 28 1988
SFZC

Dzögchen part 2

Serial: SF-01940

Speaker surmised from series

Anger, Karma, Passions, Happiness, Emotions, Duality, Emptiness, resistance, Four...
Feb 21 1988
SFZC

Dzögchen

Serial: SF-01938

Speaker surmised from series

Mindfulness, Ordinary Mind, Karma, Emptiness, Demons, Balance, confusion,...
Feb 14 1988
SFZC

Dzögchen

Serial: SF-01939

Speaker surmised from series

Karma, confusion, Emptiness, Balance, Don't Know Mind, Instruction, Happiness,...
Feb 14 1988
SFZC

Blue Cliff Record Class

Serial: SF-00070

Cases 14 and 15

Suzuki Roshi, First Principle, Oneness, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Transmission, Dragons,...
Nov 27 1987
5
Green Gulch Farm

Heart Sutra Commentary

Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Observe, Impermanence, Four Foundations,...
1987
1

Heart Sutra Commentary

Serial: SF-02698

Commercially produced cassette: Parallax Press, PO Box 7355 Berkeley CA 94707

Peace, Evil, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Concentration, Bowing, Enemies, Happiness,...
1987
Unknown

1987, Serial No. 00919

OSB Cam, Emptiness, Renunciation, Continuous, Obstacles, Vows
1987
5-6 of 14

February 13th, 1986, Serial No. 00472

Serial: NC-00472

Saint John

OSB Cam, Mandala, Enlightenment, Emptiness
Feb 13 1986

Gospel of John and the Christian Wisdom Tradition

Serial: NC-00556

Retreat on the Gospel of John

OSB Cam, Karma, Intuition, realization, Emptiness, Conversation
Dec 11 1984
2 of 5
Utah

The Fifth Grave Precept: Do Not Misuse Drugs

Serial: SF-04058

Duplicate

Precepts, true dharma, Giving-and-Taking, Buddha Nature, Sangha, Lay, Bodhidharma,...
Oct 08 1984
SFZC

1984.08.04-serial.00283

Emptiness, Vows, Rumi
Aug 04 1984

1984.04.09-serial.00309

Emptiness, Ceremony, Freedom, Heart Sutra, Separation
Apr 09 1984

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