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[[Emptiness]]/shunyata [RY]<br> | [[Emptiness]]/shunyata [RY]<br> | ||
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Syn / | Syn / [[de bzhin nyid]] emptiness, shunyata. voidness, void, openness, "devoidness.". the void / [RY] <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] | [[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] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:01, 22 January 2006
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]
Emptiness/shunyata [RY]
Syn / de bzhin nyid emptiness, shunyata. voidness, void, openness, "devoidness.". the void / [RY]
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]