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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>
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>
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[[Emptiness]]/shunyata [RY]<br>
[[Emptiness]]/shunyata [RY]<br>

Revision as of 14:52, 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]