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Emptiness, the absence of an intrinsic essence or nature which is stable and separable from other things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, Jainism, countable, uncountable
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
Examples
- 1993, Sunyata, Emptiness and Self-emptying, Kenosis by Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma published in Buddhist - Christian Dialogue London, 27th March However since emptiness empties itself and so cannot itself be an object of attachment, dynamic 'sunyata' empties itself out as just the things themselves.
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Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
Examples
- 1975, Herbert V. Guenther, Chögyam Trungpa, The Dawn of Tantra, 2001, Shambhala Publications, pages not numbered, Shunyata can be explained in a very simple way. [...] In the shunyata experience, the attention is on the field rather than on its contents.
- 1986, White Lotus Sutra - Unchecked by Sangharakshita; STUDY LEADERS SEMINAR 1986 Padmaloka. all dharmas were reducible to sunyata. So in a sense you have got a sort of merging of the particular in the universal.
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From Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā), from शून्य (śūnya, “zero, nothing”) + ता (-tā, “generalizing suffix”). Cognate with Pali suññatā.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bengali:
শূন্যতা
(śunnota)
— state of mind
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Basque:
huts
— state of mind
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Burmese:
သုညတ
(su.nya.ta.)
— state of mind
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Chinese Cantonese:
空
(hung1)
— state of mind
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Chinese Mandarin:
空
(kōng)
— state of mind
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Chinese Mandarin:
空性
(kōngxìng)
— state of mind
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Hungarian:
üresség
— state of mind
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Japanese:
空
(kū)
— state of mind
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Khmer:
សុញ្ញតា
(soññɔɔtaa)
— state of mind
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Korean:
공
(gong)
— state of mind
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Korean:
공성
(gongseong)
— state of mind
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Pali:
suññatā
— state of mind
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Polish:
siunjata
— state of mind
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Thai:
สุญตา
— state of mind
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Tibetan:
སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་
(stong pa nyid)
— state of mind
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Vietnamese:
không
— state of mind
