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Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā lit. "emptiness", "voidness", "vacuity") is an Indian philosophical concept In Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions. The concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context; an ontological feature of reality, a meditative state, or a phenomenological analysis of experience.

In Theravāda Buddhism, Pali: suññatā often refers to the non-self (Pāli: anattā, Sanskrit: anātman) nature of the five aggregates of experience and the six sense spheres. Pali: Suññatā is also often used to refer to a meditative state or experience.

In Mahāyāna Buddhism, śūnyatā refers to the tenet that "all things are empty of intrinsic existence and nature (svabhava)", but may also refer to the Buddha-nature teachings and primordial or empty awareness, as in Dzogchen, Shentong, or Chan.

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Embracing Suffering for Joyful Liberation

Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Darkness-and-Light, New Year, Patience,...
Jan 15 1994
Muir Beach

Mindful Living: Virtues in Action

Precepts, Right Speech, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Desire, Peace, Obstacles, Emptiness,...
Aug 11 1991

Living the Dharma: Everyday Ethics

Precepts, Right Speech, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Desire, Peace, Obstacles, Emptiness,...
Aug 11 1991

Embracing Mortality for Vital Living

Death-and-Dying, Birth-and-Death, Separation, Constancy, Equanimity, Emptiness,...
Oct 06 1991

Cultivating Mind: Cities and Gardens

Intuition, Faith, Subject-and-Object, Emptiness, Sangha, Realization, Doubt,...

Awakened Living Through Mindful Presence

Right Effort, Japan, Heart Sutra, Posture, Funeral, Emptiness, Delusion, Instruction...
Jun 25 1995
Muir Beach

Ignorance Unveiled Through Art and Meditation

Impermanence, Gratitude, Precepts, Chanting, Emptiness, Attachment, Hate
Dec 01 2001

Cultivating Spaciousness Through Deliberate Slowness

Bell, Daily Life, Death-and-Dying, Practice Period, Silence, Right Speech, Half-Smile...
Jun 22 2002

Cultivating Calm in a Busy World

Bell, Daily Life, Death-and-Dying, Practice Period, Silence, Right Speech, Half-Smile...
Jun 22 2002

Relational Self: Beyond the Illusion

Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Interdependence, Freedom, Equanimity, confusion, Daily Life,...