Sunyata

Synonyms for "sunyata"

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Translations

16 translations across 14 languages.

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Bangla

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  • শূন্যতা noun (state of mind)

Basque

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  • huts noun (state of mind)

Burmese

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  • သုညတ noun (state of mind)

Chinese Cantonese

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  • noun (state of mind)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • noun (state of mind)
  • 空性 noun (state of mind)

Hungarian

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  • üresség noun (state of mind)

Japanese

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  • noun (state of mind)

Khmer

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  • សុញ្ញតា noun (state of mind)

Korean

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  • noun (state of mind)
  • 공성 noun (state of mind)

Pali

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  • suññatā noun (state of mind)

Polish

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  • siunjata noun (state of mind)

Thai

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  • สุญตา noun (state of mind)

Tibetan

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  • སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ noun (state of mind)

Vietnamese

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  • không noun (state of mind)

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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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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.

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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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In his treatment of Zen Buddhism, Abe emphasizes that the true self of Zen Buddhism is dynamic śūnyatā: "That is to say, true Sunyata is nothing but the true self and the true self is nothing but true Sunyata"

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