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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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Title	Speaker	Date
Each One Of Us Is A Cook Serial: SR-00258 Afternoon Sesshin Tea Lecture Sunday, February 1, 1970 Sesshin, Emptiness, Forms, Compassion, Pain	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 01 1970 B
Caring for the Soil Serial: SR-00199 Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism Sunday, January 25, 1970 San Francisco Emptiness, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, difficulty, Greed, Gratitude, lecture, Hate...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 25 1970 City Center
Form Is Emptiness and Emptiness Is Form Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Big Mind, Forms, Don't Know Mind, Interdependence, heart...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 13 1969
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-7 Serial: SR-00042 Third Lotus Sutra Series Friday Evening, November 7, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Passions, Lotus Sutra, Concentration, Evil, Sutra, Mahayana,...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 07 1969 Series 3, Talk 7 Tassajara
Sesshin, Third Night Lecture Serial: SR-00130 Tassajara September, 1969 Sesshin, Emptiness, reality, Passions, Intuition, Bell, Forms, American, difficulty...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Twelve Links of Causation Serial: SR-00135 Twelve Links Of Causation Juni-innen (Jap.) Dvada-aiga-pratatyasamutpada (San.) English Japanese Sanskrit... Consciousness, Suffering, causation, Discrimination, Emptiness, Fasting, Passions,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1969 Tassajara
Not Always So Serial: SR-00124 August Sesshin Lecture Thursday, August 7, 1969 San Francisco Sesshin, Dogen, Interdependence, Freedom, Gratitude, Composure, Posture, Emptiness,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 07 1969 Sokoji
The First Teaching Serial: SR-00158 Teaching of impermanence, everything changing; also there is selflessness, suffering and nirvana. The sufferings of birth, death, sickness and old age. Causes of suffering,... Suffering, Ego, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Wisdom, Truth, Attachment,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 02 1969 Tassajara
That is the purpose of counting Truth, Daily Life, Anger, reality, Karma, Emptiness, Wisdom	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1969 Tassajara
Blue Cliff Records-43 Serial: SR-00032 Tozan's hot and cold. Blue Cliff Record, Emptiness, Pain, Monks, difficulty, Forms, Hate, Commitment,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1969 Tassajara
I have nothing in my mind Emptiness, Forms, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Passions, Interview, Beginners,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 15 1969 Sokoji
FORM AND EMPTINESS II Serial: SR-00027 Wednesday, July 9, 1969 Tassajara Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Forms, reality, Enemies, Truth, training, American, Duality,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 09 1969 Tassajara
Practice Should Be The Practice Of “Right Now.” Serial: SR-00024 Thursday, July 3, 1969 Tassajara Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Forms, Faith, reality, training, Enemies, War, Death...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 03 1969 Tassajara
Zen Embodiment: Form and Emptiness Serial: SR-00021 Duplicate of talk from this date. Emptiness, Forms, Balance, reality, Continuous Practice, Wisdom, Death, sitting...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 29 1969
Emptiness is Form Serial: SF-05968 Sunday, June 29, 1969 San Francisco Newly uploaded version has speed adjustments made; should be a little clearer for transcript - not just end, but correcting... Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Current Events, Balance, Faith, Beginners, Continuous...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 29 1969 Tassajara
Shosan Ceremony Shosan, First Principle, Emptiness, Compassion, Lotus Sutra, Patience, sitting,...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 11 1968 Tassajara
The True Dragon Dogen, Baso, Dragons, Freedom, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Instruction, Zazen...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 12 1968 B Sokoji
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-10 Serial: SR-00002 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, sitting, Ceremony, Emptiness, Priest, Funeral, Composure, heart, Monks,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 10 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-11 Serial: SF-05251 October 1968 New version uploaded, should help with transcript Lotus Sutra, Lay, Emptiness, Interview, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 11 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-12 Serial: SR-00004 Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. 12 Shunryu Suzuki Lecture October 1968 Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Suffering, Observe, Compassion, Intention, heart,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 12 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7 Serial: SF-06043 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Mahayana, Precepts, Nirvana, Enemies,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 7 Tassajara
Shosan Ceremony Serial: SF-05094 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #23, by Shundo David Haye ===== This was the last of the three 5" reels that appeared to be from the summer of 1968, but there... Shosan, true dharma, Separation, Faith, Emptiness, confusion, Dragons, Ego, Passions...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 10 1968 Tassajara
The Ten Powers Of A Bodhisattva Serial: SF-05106 Sunday Morning, August 25, 1968 [This date is probably incorrect. Earlier (July 21, 1968), Suzuki mentioned that he had already explained the ten powers of a bodhisattva.... Bodhisattva, Dogen, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Attachment, Posture,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 25 1968 Sokoji
Esalen Institute: First of two lectures Serial: SF-05870 This is the first of two talks given at Esalen. Dogen, Time, Four Noble Truths, Lotus Sutra, New Year, Continuous Practice, Emptiness...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 28 1968 Esalen
Shosan Ceremony Serial: SF-05143B SR023 Track 1 to 1/3 of other side Suzuki Roshi Question and Answer ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A... Sesshin, Shosan, Emptiness, Attachment, Hate, Faith, Interview, Enemies, Evil, Doubt...	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara
Practice Zazen With Your Whole Mind And Body Serial: SF-05131B This is lecture D from these notes on the reel boxes (05132-B was added to this) Several minutes of tape operator's notes at the end are included, the transcript was... Instruction, Zazen, Posture, Beginners, Funeral, Religion, Instruction, Emotions,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 08 1967 Morning Tassajara
Genjo Koan no 4 Serial: SF-05136 Track 1 17/8 - Suzuki lectures - beginning missed, one or two sentences; beginning: This is the last lecture of sesshin. We have talked of emptiness and form, but have not... Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Time, Faith, Emptiness, Continuous Practice, Dragons...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara
Reflections on the Prajna Paramita Sutra Serial: SF-05135A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #19, by Shundo David Haye ===== This is the talk that was chosen by the... Sesshin, Sengai, Time, Emptiness, Ego, Continuous Practice, Evil, Nirvana,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 24 1967 Tassajara
Genjo Koan no 2 Serial: SF-05134C ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #16, by Shundo David Haye ===== This third talk from the historic inaugural sesshin at Tassajara in 1967, given the day after the... Sesshin, Dogen, Priest, Emptiness, Dragons, confusion, Hate	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 21 1967 Tassajara
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-05134A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #14, by Shundo David Haye ===== The acquisition of Tassajara in 1967 was a huge leap for Zen Center. Suzuki Roshi had long been... Genjokoan, Dogen, Sesshin, Emptiness, New Year, Interview, Freedom	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 20 1967 Morning Tassajara
In the Prajnaparamita Sutra Serial: SF-05113B 5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Family Practice, Beginners, Transmission,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 21 1966 5:00PM Sokoji
Pure Rules Serial: SF-05126A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #6, by Shundo David Haye ===== The value of these sets of recordings during sesshins in the summer of 1965 at Sokoji is that not... Sesshin, Instruction, Emptiness, Interview, Religion, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1965 9:00am Sokoji
The Emerging Gospel: Christianity As New Creation: The Silence Serial: NC-00008 The Emerging Gospel: Christianity As New Creation I: The Silence Archival Photo OSB Cam, Buddhism, Emptiness, Darkness and Light, Oneness	Bruno Barnhart	2 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Vision Through Emptiness and Unity Serial: NC-00222B Archival Photo training, Buddhism, Emptiness, Breath
East Meets West: Cultivating the Self Serial: NC-00226 Archival Photo Cultivation, Observe, Manjushri, Commitment, Emptiness
Transformative Struggles in Spiritual Growth Serial: NC-00561 Cassian Institute Attachment, Continuous Practice, Fasting, Emptiness, Hate	Bruno Barnhart
The Emerging Gospel: Christianity As New Creation: The Music Serial: NC-00009 The Emerging Gospel: Christianity As New Creation III: The Music Archival Photo OSB Cam, Emptiness, Ego, Oneness, First Principle, Compassion	Bruno Barnhart	3 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Desire's Divine Dance Unveiled Serial: NC-00220 Archival Photo Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Pain, Delusion, Japan
Harmony Through Zen's Taoist Roots Serial: NC-00223 Archival Photo training, Emptiness, Cultivation, Intention, Dragons
Transcending Ego: Pathways to Divine Union Serial: NC-00567 Cassian Institute Attachment, Letting Go, Emptiness, Duality, Enlightenment	Bruno Barnhart
Eliot's Timeless Dance of Paradox Serial: NC-00834 1980s OSB Cam, War, Koan, Emotions, Emptiness	Robert Hale
Class Karma, Concentration, Nirvana, Demons, Four Noble Truths, Faith, Conversation,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Unknown
The Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01537A First part of class 1 of 4 Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Time	Hozan Alan Senauke	1 Berkeley Zen Center
Grace, Humility, and Divine Generosity Gratitude, Emptiness, Generosity
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01540 Class 4 of 4 Emptiness, Ego, Chanting	Hozan Alan Senauke	4 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Date, Serial 01503, Side B Serial: BZ-01503B Speaker most likely the same as Serial No. 00306B - identified with the assistance of Shosan Victoria Austin. Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Poetry	Katherine Thanas	Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Divine Love and Augustine's Awakening Evil, Repentance, Emptiness
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01539 Clas 3 of 4 Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Desire	Hozan Alan Senauke	3 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01538 Class 2 of 4 Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Abhidharma	Hozan Alan Senauke	2 Berkeley Zen Center
Morning Service Serial: SF-00016 Mid-Seventies Emptiness, Suffering, Consciousness	Various	City Center

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