Shunyata: Difference between revisions

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1) Buddha Akshobhya
2) Buddha Ratnasambhava
3) Buddha Amitabha
4) Buddha Amogasiddha
5) Buddha Vairocana

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-shunyata/ (alt. sp. ''sunyata''), - [[Emptiness]], openness, void, nothingness, pure transcendence, open dimension of being, nothing-as-such with respect to [[ngo bo]], indeterminate relational form of the act of being aware that may become terminated by any object, presence in utter freedom from concretization, a symbol used in instructing others, nothing exists really, [[Aryadeva]] says [[med 'gag tsam gyi stong pa]] - (Syn [[rnam grangs pa'i don dam]]), [[Asanga]] says aesthetic continuum with all possibilities, 1 of [[rnam thar gsum]], 1 of [[sgo gsum]], vacuity, non-existence, unreality, illusory nature of all things [JV]<br>
+) Buddha [[Akshobhya]]<br>
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+) Buddha [[Ratnasambhava]]<br>
-[[Emptiness]]/shunyata [RY]<br>
+) Buddha [[Amitabha]]<br>
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+) Buddha [[Amogasiddha]]<br>
-Syn / [[de bzhin nyid]] emptiness, shunyata. voidness, void, openness, "devoidness.". the void / [RY] <br>
+) Buddha [[Vairocana]]<br>
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-[[Emptiness]] ([[stong pa nyid]]) - the ultimate nature of phenomena, namely their lack of inherent existence. The ultimate understanding of emptiness goes together with the spontaneous arising of boundless [[Compassion]] for sentient beings. [MR]
+For expl., please see: http://dharmavision.homestead.com/fivebuddhafamilies.html
+[Courtesy of Thrangu Rinpoche]
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