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Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā), translated most often as "emptiness", "vacuity", and sometimes "voidness", or "nothingness" is an Indian philosophical concept. In Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions, the concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context. It is either 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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Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 26 part 3

Book 26 - The Ten Stages, p 744

Thomas Cleary translation

 

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Practice, Wisdom, Emptiness
2024
26c

Embodying Buddha: Living Compassionately Today

Vow, Emptiness, Zazen
Sep 24 2022

Embracing Boundaries Through Zen Wisdom

Emptiness, Stillness, Silence
Mar 31 2021

Yoga Room Class - March 30th, 2021

This recording is intended to be shared with class members only

YRB-2021-Spring, Emptiness, Silence, Stillness
Mar 30 2021
The Yoga Room

Zen Meditation - Sitting in the Middle of Fierce Flames

YRB-2018-Spring, Emptiness, Suffering
Mar 06 2018
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The Yoga Room

Zen Meditation - Sitting in the Middle of Fierce Flames

YRB-2018-Spring, Emptiness, Suffering
Mar 06 2018
1 of 7
The Yoga Room

Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the World

Avalokiteshvara clearly seeing the emptiness of five skandhas; listening to the cries of the world, the suffering of beings.

Compassion, Suffering, Emptiness, Buddha, Suffering, Bodhisattva
Mar 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

Ungraspable nature of all phenomena; perfect wisdom understands dependent co-arising; non-abiding in any state.

Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Compassion, Dependent Origination, Perfect Wisdom,...
Jul 08 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Freedom
Jul 08 2017
PM

Ox-Herding: Journey Beyond Enlightenment

Five Ranks, resistance, Emptiness
Nov 21 2016

Karmic Emptiness: Zen's Wisdom Path

Emptiness, Karmic Consciousness, Practice
Jan 25 2015

Embracing Emptiness: Living Zen Wisdom

Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Wisdom
Jan 24 2015

Embodying Wisdom Through Compassionate Zen

Emptiness, Compassion, Vow
Jan 22 2015

Zen Mind, Emptiness Unraveled

Emptiness, confusion, Intention
Jan 21 2015

Embracing Compassion Through Perfect Wisdom

Emptiness, Freedom, Pain
Jan 18 2015

Embracing Emptiness for Collective Liberation

Emptiness, Consciousness, Suffering
Jul 31 2014
The Yoga Room

Fayan's Hair's Breadth 

Serial: RA-04056

Fayan’s Hairsbreadth
No Abode 5/17/13 PM
( On Looking for Results in the Visible World. 30 Min)

 

Nirvana, Samsara, Emptiness
May 17 2013
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Fayan's Hair's Breadth 

Fayan’s Hairsbreadth
No Abode 5/17/13 PM
( On Looking for Results in the Visible World. 30 Min)

Nirvana, Samsara, Balance, Emptiness, Conversation
May 17 2013
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Embracing Selflessness on the Path

Vow, Daily Life, Emptiness
Jan 06 2013

On the Body 

Mindfulness, Posture, Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Thoroughness
Dec 13 2012
The Yoga Room

Beyond Words: Encountering Zen Reality

Bodhidharma, Japan, Emptiness
Nov 18 2012

Beginner's Mind: Embrace the Unteachable

Ceremony, Emptiness, Generosity
Nov 18 2012

Vast Emptiness, True Liberation

Delusion, Compassion, Emptiness
Nov 07 2012

The Room, the Seat, and the Robe 

The Room, the Seat and the Robe
No Abode 4/14/12

Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Book of Serenity, Interdependence, Precepts
Apr 14 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Stimulating Bodhisattva's courage and entering reality 

Emptiness, Observe, Karmic Consciousness, Rinzai, Gratitude
Oct 15 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Stimulating Bodhisattva's courage and entering reality 

Karma, Emptiness, Observe
Oct 15 2011
Afternoon

Alaya-Vijnana: The Foundation of Perception

Karma, Emptiness, Faith
Jun 13 2011

Embracing Enlightenment I 

Karmic Consciousness, Heart Sutra, Abhidharma, Emptiness
Jun 11 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Sitting Meditation of this School 

Separation, Duality, Silence, Emptiness
May 21 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Renouncing Thought Embracing Emptiness

Emptiness, Ceremony, Renunciation
Jan 24 2011

Embracing Non-Thinking in Zazen

Compassion, Zazen, Emptiness
Jan 20 2011

Embracing Emptiness Through Playful Wisdom

Delusion, Emptiness, Zazen
Jan 18 2011

Embracing Lifes Zen Continuum

Duality, Emptiness, difficulty
Jan 12 2011

Embracing Mind's Unity Through Meditation

Stillness, Emptiness, Samadhi
Nov 11 2010

The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom 

Emptiness, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Koan, Karmic Consciousness
Aug 14 2010
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom 

Emptiness, Faith, Koan, Lotus Sutra, Separation
Aug 14 2010
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom 

Emptiness, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts
Aug 14 2010
Afternoon

The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom 

Emptiness, Faith, Lotus Sutra
Aug 14 2010
Morning

The Mind of Enlightenment 

Emptiness, Money, Separation, Mill Valley
Aug 12 2010
The Yoga Room

The Mind of Enlightenment 

Emptiness, Yoga, Concentration
Aug 12 2010

Avalokiteshvara's Questions for the Buddha 

Tenshin Reb Anderson
Samdhinirmonchana Sutra Chapter Nine
No Abode Saturday July 17, 2010, A.M.

Avalokiteshvara, causation, Paramitas, Emptiness, Enthusiasm
Jul 17 2010
No Abode Hermitage

Karmic Consciousness: Path to Enlightenment

Karmic Consciousness, Stillness, Emptiness
Jan 24 2010

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Emptiness, War, Politics, Intimacy, American
Dec 17 2009
The Yoga Room

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Delusion, Emptiness, Intimacy
Dec 17 2009

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Emptiness, Posture, American
Dec 10 2009
The Yoga Room

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Silence, Ego, Funeral, Emptiness, Obstacles
Nov 12 2009
The Yoga Room

The Ultimate transcends Difference and Unity

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1

Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part VII),
Chapter Three, Afternoon Dharma Talk
Saturday June 14, 2009, P.M.
No Abode

Emptiness, Dharmakaya, Heart Sutra, confusion
Jun 13 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

The Ultimate transcends Difference and Unity

Serial: RA-03663

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1

Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part VII),
Chapter Three, Afternoon Dharma Talk
Saturday June 14, 2009, P.M.
No...

Emptiness, Stillness, Dharmakaya
Jun 13 2009
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Ultimate transcends Difference and Unity

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1

Tenshin Reb Anderson
Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part VI),
Chapter Three, Morning Dharma Talk
Saturday June 14, 2009, A.M.
No...

Nirvana, Fox, Lineage, Oneness, Emptiness
Jun 13 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Emptiness Realized Through Zen Rituals

Ceremony, Precepts, Emptiness
Apr 26 2009

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