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Etymology
From Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā), from शून्य (śūnya, “zero, nothing”) + ता (-tā, “generalizing suffix”). Cognate with Pali suññatā.
Noun
sunyata (countable and uncountable, plural sunyatas)
- (Buddhism) Emptiness, the absence of an intrinsic essence or nature which is stable and separable from other things.
- 1993, Sunyata, Emptiness and Self-emptying, Kenosis by Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma published in Buddhist - Christian Dialogue London, 27th March
- However since emptiness empties itself and so cannot itself be an object of attachment, dynamic 'sunyata' empties itself out as just the things themselves.
- (psychology) Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction.
- 1975, Herbert V. Guenther, Chögyam Trungpa, The Dawn of Tantra, 2001, Shambhala Publications, pages not numbered,
- Shunyata can be explained in a very simple way. In the shunyata experience, the attention is on the field rather than on its contents.
- 1986, White Lotus Sutra - Unchecked by Sangharakshita; STUDY LEADERS SEMINAR 1986 Padmaloka.
- all dharmas were reducible to sunyata. So in a sense you have got a sort of merging of the particular in the universal.
1996, Steve Odin, The social self in Zen and American pragmatism, page 112:In his treatment of Zen Buddhism, Abe emphasizes that the true self of Zen Buddhism is dynamic śūnyatā: "That is to say, true Sunyata is nothing but the true self and the true self is nothing but true Sunyata"
Translations
state of mind
- Bangla: শূন্যতা (bn) (śunnota)
- Burmese: သုညတ (su.nya.ta.)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 空 (yue) (hung1)
- Mandarin: 空 (zh) (kōng)
- Hungarian: üresség (hu)
- Japanese: 空 (ja) (くう, kū)
- Khmer: សុញ្ញតា (km) (soññɔɔtaa)
- Korean: 공 (ko) (gong), 공성 (gongseong)
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- Pali: suññatā
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- Thai: สุญตา
- Tibetan: སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ (stong pa nyid)
- Vietnamese: không (vi)
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