Second Edition of H.A. Jaeschke's 'Tibetan Grammar'

From Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary
Revision as of 14:52, 22 January 2006 by Richard (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

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]

Retrieved from "https://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php?title=Second_Edition_of_H.A._Jaeschke%27s_%27Tibetan_Grammar%27&oldid=201272"