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    "not-self". Original: "Rupan śūnyatā śūnyatāiva rupan. Rupan na prithak śūnyatā śūnyatā na prithag rupan. Yad rupan sa śūnyatā ya śūnyatā tad rupan." The Five...
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  • Look up sunyata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Śūnyatā is an element in Buddhist philosophy. Sunyata may also refer to: Sunyata (Robert Rich album)...
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    Perfection of Wisdom". The Sutra famously states, "Form is emptiness (śūnyatā), emptiness is form." It is a condensed exposition on the Buddhist Mahayana...
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    Sunyata Dance ( 空之舞 ) is a work for clarinet and symphony orchestra, composed by He Xuntian in 2011. Sunyata Dance (2011) was written especially for clarinet...
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    discourses such as the Anattalakkhana Sutta. "Emptiness" or "voidness" (Skt: Śūnyatā, Pali: Suññatā), is a related concept with many different interpretations...
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    Sarvāstivadā Pudgalavada Sautrāntika Madhyamaka Svatantrika and Prasangika Śūnyatā Yogacara Tibetan Persian Mazdakism Mithraism Zoroastrianism Zurvanism...
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    teaching addressed to both arhats and bodhisattvas, regarding the doctrine of śūnyatā. In most versions, the discourse of the text culminates with a wordless...
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  • related to concepts such as luminous mind, Buddha-nature, and emptiness (śūnyatā). A longer version of the phrase in Chinese is 回光返照 (pinyin: huí guāng...
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  • existence. In the Mahayana traditions vipassanā is defined as insight into śūnyatā ("emptiness") and Buddha-nature. In modern Theravāda, the relation between...
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  • teaching, and that there is an essential truth above śūnyatā and the two truths. The doctrine of śūnyatā is an attempt to show that it is neither proper nor...
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    Sarvāstivadā Pudgalavada Sautrāntika Madhyamaka Svatantrika and Prasangika Śūnyatā Yogacara Tibetan Persian Mazdakism Mithraism Zoroastrianism Zurvanism...
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    Mindstream Parinirvana Pratītyasamutpāda Rebirth Saṃsāra Saṅkhāra Skandha Śūnyatā Taṇhā (Craving) Tathātā Ten Fetters Three marks of existence Anicca Dukkha...
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    Nagarjuna (section Sunyata)
    called "Nagarjuna II". Nāgārjuna's major thematic focus is the concept of śūnyatā (translated into English as "emptiness") which brings together other key...
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  • Sūtra perceives dharmata through the portal of śūnyatā: "The Laṅkāvatāra is always careful to balance Śūnyatā with Tathatā, or to insist that when the world...
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  • Indrajāla, Chinese: 因陀羅網) is a metaphor used to illustrate the concepts of Śūnyatā (emptiness), pratītyasamutpāda (dependent origination), and interpenetration...
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    has been made by McRae. The Madhyamaka school elaborated on the theme of śūnyatā, which was set forth in the prajnaparamita sutras, to which the Diamond...
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    Mindstream Parinirvana Pratītyasamutpāda Rebirth Saṃsāra Saṅkhāra Skandha Śūnyatā Taṇhā (Craving) Tathātā Ten Fetters Three marks of existence Anicca Dukkha...
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    Mahāyāna Buddhism and is generally associated with ideas such as emptiness (śūnyatā), 'lack of svabhāva' (essence), the illusory (māyā) nature of things, how...
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  • Sarvāstivadā Pudgalavada Sautrāntika Madhyamaka Svatantrika and Prasangika Śūnyatā Yogacara Tibetan Persian Mazdakism Mithraism Zoroastrianism Zurvanism...
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  • Neurath's boat Perdurantism Philosophy of self Przekładaniec Sorites paradox Śūnyatā Swampman Teletransportation paradox Transporter (Star Trek) Wasserman....
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    foundations of mindfulness and the Three Gates of Liberation (emptyness or śūnyatā, signlessness or animitta, and wishlessness or apraṇihita). Early Chan...
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    Mindstream Parinirvana Pratītyasamutpāda Rebirth Saṃsāra Saṅkhāra Skandha Śūnyatā Taṇhā (Craving) Tathātā Ten Fetters Three marks of existence Anicca Dukkha...
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  • Sarvāstivadā Pudgalavada Sautrāntika Madhyamaka Svatantrika and Prasangika Śūnyatā Yogacara Tibetan Persian Mazdakism Mithraism Zoroastrianism Zurvanism...
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    promotes unique theories, such as the Madhyamaka theory of emptiness (śūnyatā), the Vijñānavāda ("the doctrine of consciousness" also called "mind-only")...
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  • or witness-consciousness, which is atman (essence), or as the absence (sunyata) of such a permanent self. Merriam Webster's dictionary defines self-realization...
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    this sutra for any ideas of "emptiness" (śūnyatā): "Throughout the whole Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra the term śūnyatā does not even appear once, nor does the...
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    Religion’ [宗教における人格性と非人格性] ‘Nihil and Śūnyatā’ [虚無と空] ‘The Position of Śūnyatā’ [空の立場] ‘Śūnyatā and Time’ [空と時] ‘Śūnyatā and History’ [空と歴史] CW11: The Standpoint...
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    anattā ("non-self"). Mahāyāna texts describe it as the understanding of śūnyatā ("emptiness"). It is part of the Threefold Training in Buddhism, and is...
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  • Sarvāstivadā Pudgalavada Sautrāntika Madhyamaka Svatantrika and Prasangika Śūnyatā Yogacara Tibetan Persian Mazdakism Mithraism Zoroastrianism Zurvanism...
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    Mindstream Parinirvana Pratītyasamutpāda Rebirth Saṃsāra Saṅkhāra Skandha Śūnyatā Taṇhā (Craving) Tathātā Ten Fetters Three marks of existence Anicca Dukkha...
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